Age-related increase in top-down activation of visual features

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 644-651

  Madden, David J ^a   Spaniol, Julia ^a   Bucur, Barbara ^a   Whiting, Wythe L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247358180     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210601154347     Document Type: Article

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