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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829294203321

Titolo

Measuring the mind : speed, control, and age / / edited by John Duncan, Peter McLeod, Louise Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-27068-0

9786612270680

0-19-156862-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DuncanJohn <1953 May 15->

McLeodPeter

PhillipsLouise (Louise H.)

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Human information processing

Cognition

Brain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reaction time and mental speed -- Cognitive control and frontal lobe function -- Memory and age -- Real-world cognition.

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