Measuring the Mind: Speed, Control, and Age

by John Duncan, Louise Phillips, Peter McLeod

Book Overview

What are the fundamental mechanisms of decision making, processing speed, memory and cognitive control? How do these give rise to individual differences, and how do they change as people age? How are these mechanisms implemented in neural unctions, in particular the functions of the frontal lobe? How do they relate to the demands of everyday, 'real life' behaviour? Over almost five decades, Pat Rabbitt has been among the most distinguished of British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198566425
• ISBN13: 9780198566427
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages