Age effects on retroactive interference during working memory maintenance

Biological Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-82

  Solesio Jofre, Elena ^a   Lorenzo López, Laura ^b   Gutiérrez, Ricardo ^a   López Frutos, José María ^c   Ruiz Vargas, José María ^c   Maestú, Fernando ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Inhibitory mechanisms; Magnetoencephalography; Retroactive interference; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052477651     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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