Age-related differences in multiple task monitoring

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Todorov, Ivo ^a   Del Missier, Fabio ^a,b   Mäntylä, Timo ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MENTAL TASK; MULTITASKING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGING; COGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84922887013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107619     Document Type: Article

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