Age, Executive Function, and Social Decision Making: A Dorsolateral Prefrontal Theory of Cognitive Aging.

Current neuropsychological models propose that some age-related cognitive changes are due to frontal-lobe deterioration. However, these models have not considered the possible subdivision of the frontal lobes into the dorsolateral and ventromedial regions. This study assessed the age effects on 3 ta...

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Published in:	Psychology & Aging Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 598 - 610
Main Authors:	MacPherson, Sarah E., Phillips, Louise H., Della Sala, Sergio
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association December 2002
Subjects:	Short-term memory Age factors in cognition Brain function localization Frontal lobe
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost