Adult age differences in the access and deletion functions of inhibition

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-357

  Dumas, Julie A ^a,c   Hartman, Marilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Aging; Deletion; Inhibition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 42249090710     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580701534601     Document Type: Article

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