Dividing time: Concurrent timing of auditory and visual events by young and elderly adults

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-324

  McAuley, J Devin ^a,b   Miller, Jonathan P ^c   Wang, Mo ^d   Pang, Kevin C H ^b,e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c Ohio Valley University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953505961     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2010.484744     Document Type: Article

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