Measuring the Mind : Speed, Control, and Age.
Title:
Measuring the Mind : Speed, Control, and Age.
Author:
Duncan, John.
ISBN:
9780191568626
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (417 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Section 1 Reaction time and mental speed -- 1 Aging and response times: a comparison of sequential sampling models -- 2 Inconsistency in response time as an indicator of cognitive aging -- 3 Aging and the ability to ignore irrelevant information in visual search and enumeration tasks -- 4 Individual differences and cognitive models of the mind: using the differentiation hypothesis to distinguish general and specific cognitive processes -- 5 Reaction time parameters, intelligence, ageing, and death: the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study -- 6 The wrong tree: time perception and time experience in the elderly -- Section 2 Cognitive control and frontal lobe function -- 7 The chronometrics of task-set control -- 8 An evaluation of the frontal lobe theory of cognitive aging -- 9 The gateway hypothesis of rostral prefrontal cortex (area 10) function -- 10 Prefrontal cortex and Spearman's g -- Section 3 Memory and age -- 11 On reducing age-related declines in memory and executive control -- 12 Working memory and aging -- 13 The own-age effect in face recognition -- Section 4 Real-world cognition -- 14 Cognitive ethology: giving real life to attention research -- 15 Are automated actions beyond conscious access? -- 16 Operator functional state: the prediction of breakdown in human performance -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
Section I: Reaction time and mental speed. 1. Ageing and response times: a comparison of sequential sampling models, Roger Ratcliff, Anjali Thapar, Philip L. Smith & Gail McKoon. 2. Inconsistency in response time as an indicator of cognitive ageing, David F. Hultsch, Michael A. Hunter, Stuart W. S. MacDonald & Esther Strauss. 3. Ageing and the ability to ignore irrelevant information in visual search and enumeration tasks, Elizabeth A. Maylor & Derrick G. Watson. 4. Individual differences and cognitive models of the mind: using the differentiation hypothesis to distinguish general and specific cognitive processes, Mike Anderson & Jeff Nelson. 5. Reaction time parameters, intelligence aging and death: the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study, Ian J. Deary & Geoff Der. 6. The wrong tree: time perception and time experience in the elderly, John Wearden. Section II: Cognitive control and frontal lobe function. 7. The chronometrics of task-set control, Stephen Monsell. 8. An evaluation of the frontal lobe theory of cognitive ageing, Louise H. Phillips & Julie D. Henry. 9. The gateway hypothesis of rostral prefrontal cortex (area 10) function, Paul W. Burgess, Jon S. Simons, Iroise Dumontheil & Sam J. Gilbert. 10. Prefrontal cortex and Spearman's g, John Duncan. Section III: Memory and age. 11. On reducing age-related declines in memory and executive control, Fergus I. M. Craik. 12. Working memory and ageing, Alan Baddeley, Hilary Baddeley, Dino Chincotta, Simona Luzzi & Christobel Meikle. 13. The own-age effect in face recognition, Timothy J. Perfect & Helen C. Moon. Section IV: Real-world cognition. 14. Cognitive ethology: giving real life to attention research, Alan Kingstone, Daniel Smilek, Elina Birmingham, Dave Cameron & Walter Bischof. 15. Are automated actions beyond conscious access?, Peter McLeod, Peter Sommerville & Nick Reed. 16. Operator
functional state: the prediction of breakdown in human performance, Robert J. Hockey.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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