Memory inhibition, aging, and the executive deficit hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-186

  Ortega, Almudena ^a   Gómez Ariza, Carlos J ^b   Román, Patricia ^c   Bajo, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Dual task; Executive control; Forgetting; Memory inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855255652     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024510     Document Type: Article

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