Age-related changes in visual temporal order judgment performance: Relation to sensory and cognitive capacities

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1628-1640

  Busey, Thomas ^a   Craig, James ^a   Clark, Chris ^b   Humes, Larry ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Structural equation modeling; Temporal order judgments; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955089901     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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