Auditory perception of temporal order in centenarians in comparison with young and elderly subjects

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-381

  Kolodziejczyk, Iwona ^a   Szelag, Elzbieta ^a,b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Cognitive aging; Information processing speed; Temporal order perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 52949085090     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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