Stroop color-word interference and electroencephalogram activation: Evidence for age-related decline of the anterior attention system

Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-427

  West, Robert ^a   Bell, Martha Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030786892     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.11.3.421     Document Type: Article

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