Explicitly modeling the effects of aging on response time

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-25

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a   Spieler, Daniel ^b   Mckoon, Gail ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

AGING; COGNITION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0034150921     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03210723     Document Type: Article

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