Aging and comparative search for feature differences

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 435-457

  Gottlob, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b 201 Kastle Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SAMPLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33746903119     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/138255890969564     Document Type: Article

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