Stimulus-response translation in manual and vocal modality: Is age-related slowing influenced by changes in working memory functioning?

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 597-624

  Doose, Guillaume ^a   Feyereisen, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; VOCALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 3242733033     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440340000394     Document Type: Article

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