Sustained attention in the elderly: What do we know and what does it tell us about cognitive aging?

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 459-468

  Staub, Bérengère ^a,b   Doignon Camus, Nadège ^a,b   Després, Olivier ^a   Bonnefond, Anne ^a,b  

^a Université de Strasbourg Faculté de Psychologie   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Attentional resources; Cognitive control; Inhibition; Mindlessness; Monitoring; Vigilance decrement

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873270825     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2012.12.001     Document Type: Review

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