Mediated priming in younger and older adults

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-159

  Bennett, David J ^a   McEvoy, Cathy L ^b  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032980669     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036107399244066     Document Type: Article

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