The limits of attention for visual perception and action in aging

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-329

  Lee, Tung Yu ^a   Hsieh, Shulan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Action planning; Attentional blink; Online control of action; Rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP); Stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349114544     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580902741351     Document Type: Article

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