Motivational influences on controlled processing: Moderating distractibility in older adults

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 462-486

  Germain, Cassandra M ^a   Hess, Thomas M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548494566     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580600611302     Document Type: Article

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