Chapter 22 Cognitive aging and increased distractibility: Costs and potential benefits

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 169, Issue , 2008, Pages 353-363

  Healey, M Karl ^a   Campbell, Karen L ^a,b   Hasher, Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive aging; distractibility; inhibition; suppression

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; COST; DISTRACTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; AGE; ATTENTION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATTENTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME;

EID: 41549127672     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)00022-2     Document Type: Review

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