Age differences in response selection for pure and mixed stimulus-response mappings and tasks

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-60

  Vu, Kim Phuong L ^a   Proctor, Robert W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Response selection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 49349117704     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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