Age-related multisensory enhancement in a simple audiovisual detection task

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1077-1081

  Peiffer, Ann M ^a   Mozolic, Jennifer L ^a   Hugenschmidt, Christina E ^a   Laurienti, Paul J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

General cognitive slowing; Older adults; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250175833     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3281e72ae7     Document Type: Article

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