Age differences in the strategic allocation of visual attention

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Gottlob, Lawrence R ^a   Madden, David J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0032999206     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.3.P165     Document Type: Article

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