Aging and scanning of imagined and perceived visual images

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-194

  Brown, Halle D ^a,d   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^b   Dror, Itiel E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d SAM Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; RETINA IMAGE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031901642     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036107398244319     Document Type: Article

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