Elderly adults through compensatory responses can be just as capable as young adults in inhibiting the flanker influence

Biological Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-126

  Hsieh, Shulan ^a   Fang, Weihan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compensatory responses; Elderly; Event related potential; Flanker effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPENSATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859494348     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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