Aging and visual attention

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-74

  Madden, David J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult development; Cognition; Neuroimaging; Reaction time; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247193071     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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