Lifelong physical activity and executive functions in older age assessed by memory based task switching

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 195-207

  Gajewski, Patrick D ^a   Falkenstein, Michael ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; ERP; N2; P2; P3b; Physical activity; Task switching

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84930642126     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.04.031     Document Type: Article

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