Lifestyle and Interventions for Improving Cognitive Performance in Older Adults

Performance Psychology: Perception, Action, Cognition, and Emotion

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 189-203

  Gajewski, Patrick D ^a   Falkenstein, Michael ^a,b  

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

^b Institute for Working   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive performance; Cognitive training; ERP; Lifestyle; Nutrition; Occupation; Physical training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966728797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803377-7.00012-0     Document Type: Chapter

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