The Hyperpriming Phenomenon in Normal Aging: A Consequence of Cognitive Slowing?

Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 594-601

  Giffard, Bénédicte ^a   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a   Kerrouche, Nacer ^a   Piolino, Pascale ^a,b   Eustache, Francis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPRIMING PHENOMENON; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC PRIMING EFFECT; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; COGNITION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0242551136     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.17.4.594     Document Type: Article

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