Age differences in the transfer and maintenance of practice-induced improvements in task switching: The impact of working-memory and inhibition demands

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2017, Pages

  Kray, Jutta ^a   Fehér, Balázs ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Inhibition; Task switching training; Transfer; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016259430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00410     Document Type: Article

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