A quick test of cognitive speed: Patterns of age groups 15 to 95 years

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 1067-1075

  Wiig, Elisabeth H ^a,d   Nielsen, Niels Peter ^b   Jacobson, James M ^c  

^a Knowledge Research Institute Inc   (United States)

^b Vesterbro Kgs Engbave Psykiatrisk Center   (Denmark)

^c Net Education Design Inc   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547962126     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.4.1067-1075     Document Type: Article

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