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Aerobic Exercise Training Increases Brain Volume in Aging Humans by Colcombe, Stanley J., Erickson, Kirk I., Scalf, Paige E., Kim, Jenny S., Prakash, Ruchika, McAuley, Edward, Elavsky, Steriani, Marquez, David X., Hu, Liang, Kramer, Arthur F.

“…Background. The present study examined whether aerobic fitness training of older humans can increase brain volume in regions associated with age-related…”
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Competition explains limited attention and perceptual resources: implications for perceptual load and dilution theories by Scalf, Paige E, Torralbo, Ana, Tapia, Evelina, Beck, Diane M

“…Both perceptual load theory and dilution theory purport to explain when and why task-irrelevant information, or so-called distractors are processed. Central to…”
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Training-induced plasticity in older adults: Effects of training on hemispheric asymmetry by Erickson, Kirk I, Colcombe, Stanley J, Wadhwa, Ruchika, Bherer, Louis, Peterson, Matthew S, Scalf, Paige E, Kim, Jennifer S, Alvarado, Maritza, Kramer, Arthur F

“…Abstract The extent to which cortical plasticity is retained in old age remains an understudied question, despite large social and scientific implications of…”
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Neural evidence for competition-mediated suppression in the perception of a single object by Cacciamani, Laura, Scalf, Paige E., Peterson, Mary A.

“…Multiple objects compete for representation in visual cortex. Competition may also underlie the perception of a single object. Computational models implement…”
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Competition in Visual Cortex Impedes Attention to Multiple Items by Scalf, Paige E, Beck, Diane M

“…Traditional explanations of our limited attentional capacity focus on our ability to direct attention to multiple items. We ask whether this difficulty in…”
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Trial history effects in the ventral attentional network by Scalf, Paige E, Ahn, JeeWon, Beck, Diane M, Lleras, Alejandro

“…The ventral attentional network (VAN) is thought to drive "stimulus driven attention" [e.g., Asplund, C. L., Todd, J. J., Snyder, A. P., & Marois, R. A central…”
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Cardiovascular Fitness, Cortical Plasticity, and Aging by Colcombe, Stanley J., Kramer, Arthur F., Erickson, Kirk I., Scalf, Paige, McAuley, Edward, Cohen, Neal J., Webb, Andrew, Jerome, Gerry J., Marquez, David X., Elavsky, Steriani, Greenough, William T.

“…Cardiovascular fitness is thought to offset declines in cognitive performance, but little is known about the cortical mechanisms that underlie these changes in…”
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Brain correlates of memory reconsolidation: A role for the TPJ by Simon, Katharine C.N.S., Gómez, Rebecca L., Nadel, Lynn, Scalf, Paige E.

“…•Temporal parietal junction activity predicts new memory formation.•Strongly reactivated memories are protected from inappropriate reconsolidation.•We propose…”
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Age-Related Changes in Perirhinal Cortex Sensitivity to Configuration and Part Familiarity and Connectivity to Visual Cortex by Cacciamani, Laura, Wager, Erica, Peterson, Mary A, Scalf, Paige E

“…The perirhinal cortex (PRC) is a medial temporal lobe (MTL) structure known to be involved in assessing whether an object is familiar (i.e., meaningful) or…”
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The perirhinal cortex modulates V2 activity in response to the agreement between part familiarity and configuration familiarity by Peterson, Mary A., Cacciamani, Laura, Barense, Morgan D., Scalf, Paige E.

“…Research has demonstrated that the perirhinal cortex (PRC) represents complex object‐level feature configurations, and participates in familiarity versus…”
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Training-Induced Functional Activation Changes in Dual-Task Processing: An fMRI Study by Erickson, Kirk I., Colcombe, Stanley J., Wadhwa, Ruchika, Bherer, Louis, Peterson, Matthew S., Scalf, Paige E., Kim, Jennifer S., Alvarado, Maritza, Kramer, Arthur F.

“…Although training-induced changes in brain activity have been previously examined, plasticity associated with executive functions remains understudied. In this…”
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Working Memory Encoding Delays Top-Down Attention to Visual Cortex by Scalf, Paige E, Dux, Paul E, Marois, Rene

“…The encoding of information from one event into working memory can delay high-level, central decision-making processes for subsequent events [e.g., Jolicoeur,…”
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Interactive effects of fitness and hormone treatment on brain health in postmenopausal women by Erickson, Kirk I, Colcombe, Stanley J, Elavsky, Steriani, McAuley, Edward, Korol, Donna L, Scalf, Paige E, Kramer, Arthur F

“…Abstract Recent research in rodents suggests that extended and chronic hormone therapy can exacerbate memory impairments and irreversibly damage cells…”
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Fitness, aging and neurocognitive function by Kramer, Arthur F., Colcombe, Stanley J., McAuley, Edward, Scalf, Paige E., Erickson, Kirk I.

“…In this manuscript we provide a brief review of the recent literature that has examined the relationship among fitness training, cognition and brain. We began…”
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The Implications of Cortical Recruitment and Brain Morphology for Individual Differences in Inhibitory Function in Aging Humans by Colcombe, Stan J, Kramer, Arthur F, Erickson, Kirk I, Scalf, Paige

“…The authors assessed individual differences in cortical recruitment, brain morphology, and inhibitory task performance. Similar to previous studies, older…”
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Ground-based inhibition: Suppressive perceptual mechanisms interact with top-down attention to reduce distractor interference by Wager, Erica, Peterson, Mary A, Folstein, Jonathan R, Scalf, Paige E

“…Successful attentional function requires inhibition of distracting information (e.g., Deutsch & Deutsch, 1963). Similarly, perceptual segregation of the visual…”
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Attention does more than modulate suppressive interactions: attending to multiple items by Scalf, Paige E., Basak, Chandramalika, Beck, Diane M.

“…Directing attention to a visual item enhances its representations, making it more likely to guide behavior (Corbetta et al. 1991 ). Attention is thought to…”
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Double Take: Parallel Processing by the Cerebral Hemispheres Reduces Attentional Blink by Scalf, Paige E, Banich, Marie T, Kramer, Arthur F, Narechania, Kunjan, Simon, Clarissa D

“…Recent data have shown that parallel processing by the cerebral hemispheres can expand the capacity of visual working memory for spatial locations (J. F…”
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Paying attention to emotion : An fMRI investigation of cognitive and emotional stroop tasks by COMPTON, Rebecca J, BANICH, Marie T, MOHANTY, Aprajita, MILHAM, Michael P, HERRINGTON, John, MILLER, Gregory A, SCALF, Paige E, WEBB, Andrew, HELLER, Wendy

“…In this research, we investigated the degree to which brain systems involved in ignoring emotionally salient information differ from those involved in ignoring…”
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Neurocognitive aging and cardiovascular fitness: recent findings and future directions by Colcombe, Stan J, Kramer, Arthur F, McAuley, Edward, Erickson, Kirk I, Scalf, Paige

“…In the first century, ce, the Roman satirist Juneval famously observed Orandum est, ut sit mens sana in corpore sano, or "A sound mind in a sound body is…”
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