Aging and random task switching: The role of endogenous versus exogenous task selection

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-109

  Terry, Christopher P ^a   Sliwinski, Martin J ^b  

^a ELMIRA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858063577     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2012.637008     Document Type: Article

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