Pre-Task Prefrontal Activation during Cognitive Processes in Aging: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

• Yumi Oboshi,

  Affiliations Department of Biofunctional Imaging, Medical Photonics Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan, Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Tokoha University, Hamamatsu, Japan

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• Mitsuru Kikuchi,

  Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Yoshiyuki Shimizu,

  Affiliations Department of Biofunctional Imaging, Medical Photonics Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan, Central Research Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics KK, Hamamatsu, Japan

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• Yuko Yoshimura,

  Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Hirotoshi Hiraishi,

  Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Okada,

  Affiliations Department of Biofunctional Imaging, Medical Photonics Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan, Central Research Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics KK, Hamamatsu, Japan

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• Yasuhiro Magata,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Imaging, Medical Photonics Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

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• Yasuomi Ouchi

  * E-mail: ouchi@hama-med.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Biofunctional Imaging, Medical Photonics Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

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