A cross-sectional examination of age and physical activity on performance and event-related brain potentials in a task switching paradigm

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-39

  Hillman, Charles H ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Belopolsky, Artem V ^a   Smith, Darin P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; ERP; Executive control; Exercise; Fitness; P3

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 30544441983     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2005.04.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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