Comparable mechanisms of working memory interference by auditory and visual motion in youth and aging

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1896-1906

  Mishra, Jyoti ^a   Zanto, Theodore ^a   Nilakantan, Aneesha ^a   Gazzaley, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alpha oscillations; Auditory; Distraction; Interference; Motion; Visual; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY INTERFERENCE;

AGING; ALPHA OSCILLATIONS; AUDITORY; DISTRACTION; INTERFERENCE; MOTION; VISUAL; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880930140     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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