A Quantitative Model-Based Approach to Examining Aging Effects on Information-Integration Category Learning

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 171-182

  Filoteo, J Vincent ^a,b   Maddox, W Todd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 1542408853     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.171     Document Type: Article

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