Inconsistency in reaction time across the life span

Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-96

  Williams, Benjamin R ^a   Hultsch, David F ^a   Strauss, Esther H ^a   Hunter, Michael A ^a   Tannock, Rosemary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 12444339809     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.1.88     Document Type: Article

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