Can cognitive aging contribute to fundamental psychological theory? Repetition deafness as a test case

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-186

  MacKay, Donald G ^a   Miller, Michelle D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0029843676     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825589608256622     Document Type: Article

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