Cognitive interference and aging: Insights from a spatial stimulus-response consistency task

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Juncos Rabadán, Onésimo ^a   Pereiro, Arturo X ^b   Facal, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Inhibition; Interference; Processing speed; Simon effect; Stimulus response consistency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38149037158     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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