Effects of aging on arithmetic problem-solving: An event-related brain potential study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-50

  Yagoubi, Radouane El ^a,c   Lemaire, Patrick ^a   Besson, Mireille ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Inst Neurosci Cognitives Mediter   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12544250374     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929052880084     Document Type: Article

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