Executive function in daily life: Age-related influences of executive processes on instrumental activities of daily living

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 343-355

  Vaughan, Leslie ^a   Giovanello, Kelly ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive attention; Executive function; Instrumental activities of daily living; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77953941919     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017729     Document Type: Article

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