Aging and Task Switching: A Meta-Analysis

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-20

  Wasylyshyn, Christina ^a   Verhaeghen, Paul ^b   Sliwinski, Martin J ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive control; Meta analysis; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953126958     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020912     Document Type: Article

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