Age and individual differences in visuospatial processing speed: Testing the magnification hypothesis

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-120

  Zheng, Yingye ^a   Myerson, Joel ^a   Hale, Sandra ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034150805     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03210729     Document Type: Article

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