Age influences on multi-dimensional set switching

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-36

  Hahn, Sowon ^a   Andersen, George J ^b   Kramer, Arthur F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 2342578121     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.11.1.25.29360     Document Type: Article

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