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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454519503321

Autore

Duncan John

Titolo

Measuring the Mind [[electronic resource] ] : Speed, Control, and Age

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

ISBN

1-282-27068-0

9786612270680

0-19-156862-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PhillipsLouise

McLeodPeter

Disciplina

153

155.6713

Soggetti

Brain

Cognition

Human information processing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Section 1 Reaction time and mental speed; Section 2 Cognitive control and frontal lobe function; Section 3 Memory and age; Section 4 Real-world cognition; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Section I: Reaction time and mental speed. 1. Ageing and response times: a comparison of sequential sampling models, Roger Ratcliff, Anjali Thapar, Philip L. Smith & Gail McKoon. 2. Inconsistency in response time as an indicator of cognitive ageing, David F. Hultsch, Michael A. Hunter, Stuart W. S. MacDonald & Esther Strauss. 3. Ageing and the ability to ignore irrelevant information in visual search and enumeration tasks, Elizabeth A. Maylor & Derrick G. Watson. 4. Individual differences and cognitive models of the mind: using the differentiation hypothesis to distinguish general and specific