Does aging affect the use of shifting standards?

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Hoessler, Carolyn ^a   Chasteen, Alison L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PREJUDICE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 38349010696     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730701525428     Document Type: Article

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