Controlling the focus of spatial attention during visual search: Effects of advanced aging and Alzheimer disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-12

  Greenwood, Pamela M ^a   Parasuraman, Raja ^a   Alexander, Gene E ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031036655     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.11.1.3     Document Type: Article

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