The effects of context and feedback on age differences in spoken word recognition

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^a   Soederberg Miller, Lisa M ^b   Nevin, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0344076258     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.2.P125     Document Type: Article

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