The Role of Education and Verbal Abilities in Altering the Effect of Age-Related Gray Matter Differences on Cognition

Jason Steffener; Daniel Barulli; Christian Habeck; Deirdre O’Shea; Qolamreza Razlighi; Yaakov Stern

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091196

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The Role of Education and Verbal Abilities in Altering the Effect of Age-Related Gray Matter Differences on Cognition

Jason Steffener ,

* E-mail: js2746@columbia.edu

Affiliations Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America
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Daniel Barulli,

Affiliations Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Christian Habeck,

Affiliations Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America
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Deirdre O’Shea,

Affiliation Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America
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Qolamreza Razlighi,

Affiliations Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America
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Yaakov Stern

Affiliations Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America
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The Role of Education and Verbal Abilities in Altering the Effect of Age-Related Gray Matter Differences on Cognition

Jason Steffener,
Daniel Barulli,
Christian Habeck,
Deirdre O’Shea,
Qolamreza Razlighi,
Yaakov Stern

Published: March 13, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091196

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