Adult age differences in on-line contingency judgements

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-158

  Parr, Wendy V ^a   Mercier, Pierre ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY;

EID: 0032171901     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087288     Document Type: Article

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