Lapses of intention and performance variability reveal age-related increases in fluctuations of executive control

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 402-419

  West, Robert ^a   Murphy, Kelly J ^b,c   Armilio, Maria L ^b,c   Craik, Fergus I M ^b,c   Stuss, Donald T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive control; Performance variability; Response time distribution; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036343311     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.2001.1507     Document Type: Article

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