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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Main Authors: Jutta Kray, Agnès eBlaye, Joanna eLucenet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2010.00147/full