A diffusion model analysis of the effects of aging on brightness discrimination

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 523-535

  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

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

AGED; AGING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0037780072     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194580     Document Type: Article

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