Inhibition and shifting capacities mediate adults' age-related differences in strategy selection and repertoire

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-344

  Hodzik, S ^a   Lemaire, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Cognitive arithmetic; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79958092548     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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