Age-Related Differences in Timing With Breaks

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 398-403

  Bherer, Louis ^a,b   Desjardins, Samuel ^a   Fortin, Claudette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; attentional control; timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548461765     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.2.398     Document Type: Article

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