Human aging and duration judgments: A meta-analytic review

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 584-596

  Block, Richard A ^a   Zakay, Dan ^b   Hancock, Peter A ^c,d,e  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Liberty Mutual Research Center   (United States)

^d LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032445186     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.13.4.584     Document Type: Review

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