Task coordination and aging: Explorations of executive control processes in the task switching paradigm

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 339-378

  Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Hahn, Sowon ^a   Gopher, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Executive control; Inhibition; Task switching; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033108897     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(99)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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