Investigating sustained attention ability in the elderly by using two different approaches: Inhibiting ongoing behavior versus responding on rare occasions

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-57

  Staub, Bérengère ^a   Doignon Camus, Nadège ^a   Bacon, Elisabeth ^a   Bonnefond, Anne ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive control; Commission errors; Mind wandering; SART; Vigilance decrement

Indexed keywords

2340 COGNITIVE PROCESSES; 2346 ATTENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMMISSION ERRORS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND WANDERING; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SART; VIGILANCE DECREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

2340 COGNITIVE PROCESSES; 2346 ATTENTION; AGING; COGNITIVE CONTROL; COMMISSION ERRORS; MIND WANDERING; SART; VIGILANCE DECREMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891353111     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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