Age-Related Differences in Transfer Costs: Evidence From Go/Nogo Tasks

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 963-967

  Vallesi, Antonino ^a,c,d   Hasher, Lynn ^b   Stuss, Donald T ^b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive interference; Go nogo; Normal aging; Suppression; Transfer cost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650992105     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020300     Document Type: Article

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