Relation of task switching to speed, age, and fluid intelligence

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-461

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a   Fristoe, Nathanael ^a   McGuthry, Katheryn E ^a   Hambrick, David Z ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031689903     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.13.3.445     Document Type: Article

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