Inhibition in attention and aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  McDowd, Joan M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031468261     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.6.P265     Document Type: Article

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