Age differences in target detection and interference resolution in working memory: An event-related potential study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2250-2262

  Tays, William J ^a   Dywan, Jane ^a   Mathewson, Karen J ^a   Segalowitz, Sidney J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649100781     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20158     Document Type: Article

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