Age-related differences in attentional networks of alerting and executive control in young, middle-aged, and older Chinese adults

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-210

  Zhou, Shan shan ^a   Fan, Jin ^b   Lee, Tatia M C ^c   Wang, Chang qing ^a   Wang, Kai ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alerting network; Attention network; Cognition; Executive control network; Orienting network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79151472170     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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