Behavioral and neural markers of flexible attention over working memory in aging

Working memory (WM) declines as we age and, because of its fundamental role in higher order cognition, this can have highly deleterious effects in daily life. We investigated whether older individuals benefit from flexible orienting of attention within WM to mitigate cognitive decline. We measured m...

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Main Authors: Mok, R, Myers, N, Wallis, G, Nobre, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016