On age differences in prefrontal function: The importance of emotional/cognitive integration

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 319-333

  Baena, Elsa ^a   Allen, Philip A ^b   Kaut, Kevin P ^b   Hall, Rosalie J ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal function; Exploratory factor analysis; Healthy cognitive aging; Process specific models of cognitive aging; Structural equation modeling; Ventromedial prefrontal function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549124675     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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