Recognition of faces and complex objects in younger and older adults

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 854-864

  Boutet, Isabelle ^a,b   Faubert, Jocelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33747422715     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193432     Document Type: Article

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