Effects of aging on voluntary and involuntary shifts of attention

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 290-303

  Lincourt, Amy E ^a   Folk, Charles L ^b   Hoyer, William J ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; ORIENTING RESPONSE; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031420070     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825589708256654     Document Type: Article

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