Aging, executive control, and attention: A review of meta-analyses

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 849-857

  Verhaeghen, Paul ^a   Cerella, John ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Executive control; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COST; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL TASK; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036858063     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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