Aging and the effects of knowledge on on-line reading strategies

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Miller, Lisa M Soederberg ^a   Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RECALL; SCIENCE;

EID: 0031875041     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.4.P223     Document Type: Article

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