Effects of aging on visual attentional focusing

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 266-276

  Pesce, Caterina ^a   Guidetti, Laura ^a   Baldari, Carlo ^a   Tessitore, Antonio ^a   Capranica, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional focus; Global and local attending; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 20944448377     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085123     Document Type: Article

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