Executive functioning and processing speed in age-related differences in memory: Contribution of a coding task

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-245

  Baudouin, Alexia ^a   Clarys, David ^a   Vanneste, Sandrine ^a   Isingrini, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive function; Memory; Processing speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350303326     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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