Reaction time measures of speed of processing: Speed of response selection increases with age but speed of stimulus categorization does not

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-157

  Anderson, Mike ^a   Nettelbeck, Ted ^b   Barlow, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031481494     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.1997.tb00731.x     Document Type: Article

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