In the Zone: Flow State and Cognition in Older Adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 738-743

  Payne, Brennan R ^a   Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Noh, Soo Rim ^b   Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity engagement; Activity flow state scale; Cognitive aging; Flow; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FLOW; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THINKING;

EID: 80052877288     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022359     Document Type: Article

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