Adult age differences in visual search accuracy: Attentional guidance and target detectability

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 683-694

  Madden, David J ^a   Gottlob, Lawrence R ^b   Allen, Philip A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0033398143     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.4.683     Document Type: Article

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