Identification of Fragmented Pictures Under Ascending Versus Fixed Presentation in Young and Elderly Adults: Evidence for the Inhibition-Deficit Hypothesis

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 282-291

  Lindfield, Kimberly C ^a   Wingfield, Arthur ^a   Bowles, Nancy L ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041057714     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825589408256582     Document Type: Article

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