The effects of aging on reaction time in a signal detection task

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 323-341

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a   Thapar, Anjali ^b   McKoon, Gail ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034987363     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.16.2.323     Document Type: Article

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