Interference resolution in the elderly: Evidence suggestive of differences in strategy on measures of prepotent inhibition and dual task processing

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 341-365

  Vivien Rekkas, P ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746887778     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/138255890969302     Document Type: Article

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