Working memory and inhibition across the adult life-span

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-44

  Borella, Erika ^a   Carretti, Barbara ^a   De Beni, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Inhibition; Life span; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 41949139976     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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