Is flanker-based inhibition related to age? Identifying specific influences of individual differences on neurocognitive variables

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive functions; Flanker inhibition; Selective influences; Unique individual differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952534241     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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