Aging on the input versus output side: Theoretical implications of age- linked asymmetries between detecting versus retrieving orthographic information

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-17

  MacKay, Donald G ^a   Abrams, Lise ^a   Pedroza, Manissa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE ARTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VOLITION;

EID: 0032905471     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.1.3     Document Type: Article

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