The effects of age-related slowing and working memory on asymptotic recognition performance

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-213

  Verhaeghen, Paul ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VERBALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033379531     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.6.3.201.781     Document Type: Article

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