Training effects on dual-task performance: Are there age-related differences in plasticity of attentional control?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 695-709

  Bherer, Louis ^a,d   Peterson, Matthew S ^b   Kramer, Arthur F ^c   Colcombe, Stanley ^c   Erickson, Kirk ^c   Becic, Ensar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional control; Cognitive plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; SKILL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 31044439251     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.20.4.695     Document Type: Article

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