Maintaining a sense of control in the context of cognitive challenge

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-59

  Agrigoroaei, Stefan ^a   Neupert, Shevaun D ^b   Lachman, Margie E ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

control beliefs; intraindividual variability; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISTRACTIBILITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84874717160     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000078     Document Type: Article

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