Age related differences in learning with the useful field of view

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 4217-4231

  Richards, Eric ^a   Bennett, Patrick J ^a   Sekuler, Allison B ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Learning; Perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33749986271     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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