Dissociation of the component processes of attention in healthy adults

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 645-650

  Gunstad, John ^a   Cohen, Ronald A ^b   Paul, Robert H ^b   Gordon, Evian ^c,d,e  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brain Resource Company   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Psychological Medicine University of Sydney ^*  (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33751017412     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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