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The elements of cognitive aging : meta-analyses of age-related differences in processing speed and their consequences /

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This text brings together everything we know about aging and processing speed, in a vast quantitative overview. The topics include slowing in elementary mental tasks and tasks of executive control, mental slowing over the lifespan, and how age-related slowing impacts processing in more complex aspec...

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Main Author: Verhaeghen, Paul (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Cognition > Age factors.
Ability, Influence of age on.
Aging.
Human beings.
Age factors in disease.
Older people.
Cognition.
Short-term memory.
Reaction time.
Humans
Age Factors
Aging > psychology
Aged
Cognition
Memory, Short-Term
Meta-Analysis
Reaction Time
Aging
Aged, 80 and over
Cognition > Facteurs liés à l'âge.
Aptitude > Facteurs liés à l'âge.
Vieillissement.
Êtres humains.
Maladies > Facteurs liés à l'âge.
Personnes âgées.
Mémoire immédiate.
Temps de réaction.
Homo sapiens (species)
elderly.
cognition.
Short-term memory
Reaction time
Older people
Age factors in disease
Ability, Influence of age on
Cognition > Age factors
Human beings
Social Sciences.
Psychology.
Electronic books.
Fulltext.
Internet Resources.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This text brings together everything we know about aging and processing speed, in a vast quantitative overview. The topics include slowing in elementary mental tasks and tasks of executive control, mental slowing over the lifespan, and how age-related slowing impacts processing in more complex aspects of cognition.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 362 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199369171
0199369178