Are old adults just like low working memory young adults? Filtering efficiency and age differences in visual working memory

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1147-1154

  Jost, Kerstin ^a   Bryck, Richard L ^b,c   Vogel, Edward K ^b   Mayr, Ulrich ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; contralateral delay activity; filtering efficiency; individual differences; visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954593795     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq185     Document Type: Article

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