Individual differences, aging, and IQ in two-choice tasks

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 127-157

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a   Thapar, Anjali ^a   McKoon, Gail ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diffusion model; Individual differences; IQ; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649187825     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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