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Normal Aging of the Attentional Control Functions That Underlie Working Memory

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  • Stéphanie Sylvain-Roy
  • Ovidiu Lungu
  • Sylvie Belleville

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Objectives. This study assessed the effect of aging on 3 attentional control functions (ACFs)—shifting, inhibition, and updating—and on their contribution to working memory (WM) tasks.

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  • Stéphanie Sylvain-Roy & Ovidiu Lungu & Sylvie Belleville, 2015. "Normal Aging of the Attentional Control Functions That Underlie Working Memory," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 70(5), pages 698-708.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:70:y:2015:i:5:p:698-708.
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    1. Erika Borella & Paolo Ghisletta & Anik de Ribaupierre, 2011. "Age Differences in Text Processing: The Role of Working Memory, Inhibition, and Processing Speed," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 66(3), pages 311-320.
    2. Marta Wnuczko & Jay Pratt & Lynn Hasher & Rob Walker, 2012. "When Age Is Irrelevant: Distractor Inhibition and Target Activation in Priming of Pop-Out," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 67(3), pages 325-330.
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