Old age is associated with a pattern of relatively intact and relatively impaired task-set switching abilities

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Meiran, N ^a   Gotler, A ^a   Perlman, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035123127     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/56.2.P88     Document Type: Article

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