A new look at aging and performance in the antisaccade task: The impact of response selection

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 406-427

  Olk, Bettina ^a   Kingstone, Alan ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Antisaccades; Competition; Inhibition; Oculomotor control; Response selection; Saccades

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249098325     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440802333190     Document Type: Article

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