Effect of age on dual-task performance in children and adults

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1241-1252

  Anderson, Mike ^a   Bucks, Romola S ^a   Bayliss, Donna M ^a   della Sala, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Development; Dual task cost

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856490261     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0099-7     Document Type: Article

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