The psychological refractory period: Evidence for age differences in attentional time-sharing

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 218-229

  Allen, Philip A ^a   Smith, Albert F ^a   Vires Collins, Heli ^a   Sperry, Susan ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VOLITION;

EID: 0031837541     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.13.2.218     Document Type: Article

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