Effects of Aging and Task Difficulty on Divided Attention Performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 267-280

  McDowd, Joan M ^a   Craik, Fergus I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024006589     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.14.2.267     Document Type: Article

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