Dual-task costs in aging are predicted by formal education

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 959-964

  Vallesi, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Cognitive reserve; Dual task interference; Education level; Executive functions; Multiple regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); EDUCATION; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RESPONSE TIME; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964327239     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-015-0385-5     Document Type: Article

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