A dichotic listening study of attention control in older adults

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-304

  Andersson, Martin ^a   Reinvang, Ivar ^b   Wehling, Eike ^a   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a,c   Lundervold, Astri J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Dichotic listening; Gender; Individual variability; Information processing

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 47249161923     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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