Remembering the past and foreseeing the future while dealing with the present: A comparison of young adult and elderly cohorts on a multitask simulation of occupational activities

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-380

  Guimond, Anik ^a   Braun, Claude ^a   Rouleau, Isabelle ^a   Bélanger, Francois ^a   Godbout, Lucie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; INSULIN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; ERROR; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJECTION; INSULIN INFUSION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MODEL; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PLANNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; SELF INJECTION; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEPHONE; TIME; VARIANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745058446     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730600699100     Document Type: Article

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