Age-related changes in electrophysiological and neuropsychological indices of working memory, attention control, and cognitive flexibility

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2011, Pages

  Peltz, Carrie Brumback ^a   Gratton, Gabriele ^a   Fabiani, Monica ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive flexibility; Event related brain potentials; Fluid intelligence; Operation span task; P300; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861454804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00190     Document Type: Article

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