Inhibition and habituation: Preserved mechanisms of attentional selection in aging and Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-366

  Langley, Linda K ^a   Overmier, J Bruce ^a   Knopman, David S ^a   Prod'Homme, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; READING; VOLITION;

EID: 0031878480     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.12.3.353     Document Type: Article

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