Age Differences in Proactive Interference, Working Memory, and Abstract Reasoning

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 634-645

  Emery, Lisa ^a,b   Hale, Sandra ^a   Myerson, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abstract reasoning; aging; proactive interference; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 54049117561     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012577     Document Type: Article

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