The relationship between working memory capacity and executive functioning: Evidence for a common executive attention construct

Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-243

  McCabe, David P ^a   Roediger, Henry L ^b   McDaniel, Mark A ^b   Balota, David A ^b   Hambrick, David Z ^c  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Episodic memory; Executive attention; Executive function; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950326831     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017619     Document Type: Article

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