Older Adults Encode Task-Irrelevant Stimuli, but Can This Side-Effect be Useful to Them?

We studied whether, due to deteriorating inhibitory functions, older people are more likely to process irrelevant stimuli; and if so, could they later use this information better than young adults. In the study phase of our experiment, a Posner-type gaze-cued version of a Simon task was performed in...

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Main Authors: Zsófia Anna Gaál, Boglárka Nagy, Domonkos File, István Czigler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2020.569614/full