Impact of stimulus integrity on age differences in letter matching

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-172

  Groth, Karen E ^a   Gilmore, Grover C ^a   Thomas, Cecil W ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037397601     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730303714     Document Type: Article

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