One voice too many: Adult age differences in language processing with different types of distracting sounds

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Tun, Patricia A ^a   Wingfield, Arthur ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0032854456     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.5.P317     Document Type: Article

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