Aging extends the time required to switch cognitive set

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-606

  Male, Sharon J ^a   Sheppard, Dianne M ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Attentional blink; Cognitive set; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149111331     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580902871026     Document Type: Article

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