Aging and selective attention: An issue of complexity or multiple mechanisms?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Brink, Jill M ^a   McDowd, Joan M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION TEST; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032964306     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.1.P30     Document Type: Article

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