Sequential and coordinative complexity in time-accuracy functions for mental arithmetic

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 555-564

  Verhaeghen, Paul ^a,c   Kliegl, Reinhold ^b   Mayr, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031435706     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.4.555     Document Type: Article

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