Can older adults enhance task-switching performance by using verbal self-instructions? The influence of working-memory load and early learning
In this study we examined (a) whether verbal self-instructions can enhance task-switching performance in younger and older adults, and (b) whether verbal self-instruction benefits on task switching are smaller when memory demands on keeping track of the task sequence are reduced by spatial task cuei...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2010.00147/full |