Transfer of task-switching training in older age: The role of verbal processes

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 677-683

  Karbach, Julia ^a   Mang, Sandra ^a   Kray, Jutta ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Task switching; Training; Transfer; Verbal processes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK SWITCHING PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77957271423     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019845     Document Type: Article

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