Effects of aging on implicit sequence learning: Accounting for sequence structure and explicit knowledge

Psychological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 24-41

  Curran, Tim ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030624581     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00419678     Document Type: Article

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