The effect of age and individual differences in attentional control: A sample case using the Hayling test

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Borella, E ^a   Ludwig, C ^b   Fagot, D ^b   De Ribaupierre, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Individual differences; Interference; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957976760     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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