On why not to rush older adults - Relying on reactive cognitive control can effectively reduce errors at the expense of slowed responses

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-646

  Czernochowski, Daniela ^a   Nessler, Doreen ^b   Friedman, David ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Medial frontal negativity; Pre response negativity; Reactive and proactive control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; CONFLICT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953377073     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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