Analysis of group differences in processing speed: Brinley plots, Q-Q plots, and other conspiracies

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 224-237

  Myerson, Joel ^a   Adams, David R ^a   Hale, Sandra ^a   Jenkins, Lisa ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042278535     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196489     Document Type: Review

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