Age differences in memory-based task switching with and without cues: An ERP study

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 187-201

  Schapkin, Sergei A ^a   Gajewski, Patrick D ^b   Freude, Gabriele ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Event related potential; Switch costs; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MENTAL TASK; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; TASK SWITCHING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84903606615     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: 21512124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000125     Document Type: Article

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