Adult age differences in the use of distractor homogeneity during visual search

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 454-474

  Madden, David J ^a   Pierce, Thomas W ^b   Allen, Philip A ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0029855104     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.3.454     Document Type: Article

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