Age Differences in Dual-Task Performance After Practice

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 596-606

  Göthe, Katrin ^a   Oberauer, Klaus ^b   Kliegl, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; bottleneck; dual task performance; practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34948845621     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.3.596     Document Type: Article

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