Working memory capacity in a go/no-go task: Age differences in interference, processing speed, and attentional control

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1683-1696

  Rodríguez Villagra, Odir Antonio ^a   Göthe, Katrin ^a   Oberauer, Klaus ^b   Kliegl, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Inhibition; Interference model; Old adults and young adults; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84883515051     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030883     Document Type: Article

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