Age-related decline in inhibitory control contributes to the increased Stroop effect observed in older adults

Psychophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-189

  West, Robert ^a   Alain, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; ERPs; Evoked potentials; Inhibitory deficit; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

EID: 0034011415     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577200981460     Document Type: Article

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