Below-Baseline Suppression of Competitors During Interference Resolution by Younger but Not Older Adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 145-151

  Healey, M Karl ^a,b,c   Ngo, K W Joan ^a   Hasher, Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive ability; individual differences; memory; semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891911515     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613501169     Document Type: Article

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