The Response-Signal Method Reveals Age-Related Changes in Object Working Memory

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-329

  Kumar, Arjun ^a   Rakitin, Brian C ^a   Nambisan, Rohit ^a   Habeck, Christian ^a   Stern, Yaakov ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*

Author keywords

aging; cognitive reserve; speed accuracy tradeoff; working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 46849083479     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.2.315     Document Type: Article

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