Distractibility, circadian arousal, and aging: A boundary condition?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 574-583

  Li, Karen Z H ^a,d   Hasher, Lynn ^a   Jonas, Deborah ^a   Rahhal, Tamara A ^a,e   May, Cynthia P ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING;

EID: 0032416184     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.13.4.574     Document Type: Article

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