Aging of the Planning process: The role of executive functioning

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-201

  Sorel, Olivier ^a   Pennequin, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive functions; Planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOWER OF HANOI TASK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 38749100547     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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