Interrelations of age, visual acuity, and cognitive functioning

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a   Hancock, Holly E ^a   Meinz, Elizabeth J ^a   Hambrick, David Z ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VISUAL ACUITY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029849825     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51b.6.p317     Document Type: Article

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