Stroop Performance in Healthy Younger and Older Adults and in Individuals with Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 461-479

  Spieler, Daniel H ^a   Balota, David A ^a,b   Faust, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0030115457     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.2.461     Document Type: Article

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