Quantifying the Performance Limitations of Older and Younger Adults in a Target Acquisition Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1644-1664

  Liao, Min Ju ^b   Jagacinski, Richard J ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031303344     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.23.6.1644     Document Type: Article

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