It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: A psychophysiologist's view of cognitive aging

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-304

  Fabiani, Monica ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Event related brain potentials (ERPs); Inhibitory function; Optical imaging; Structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI, fMRI); Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856752443     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01331.x     Document Type: Review

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