Resource allocation in on-line reading by younger and older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 475-486

  Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^a,c   Loveless, Mary K ^b   Soederberg, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; RECALL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; READING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029961524     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.3.475     Document Type: Article

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