Are there age differences in intraindividual variability in working memory performance?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Robertson, Shannon ^a   Myerson, Joel ^a   Hale, Sandra ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 30344479122     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.1.P18     Document Type: Article

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