The contribution of aging to the understanding of the dimensionality of executive functions

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Delaloye, C ^a,b   Moy, G ^a   Baudois, S ^a   De Bilbao, F ^a   Dubois Remund, C ^a   Hofer, F ^a   Ragno Paquier, C ^a   Weber, K ^a   Urben, S ^b   Giannakopoulos, P ^a,c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Executive function (updating, shifting, inhibition); Fluid intelligence; Life span perspective; Processing speed; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESPAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349228835     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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