Interference control in elderly bilinguals: Appearances can be misleading

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 455-470

  Ansaldo, Ana Inés ^a,b   Ghazi Saidi, Ladan ^a   Adrover Roig, Daniel ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cognitive control; Elderly; Executive function; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Neural substrate

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84937073295     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2014.990359     Document Type: Article

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