Ageing, auditory distraction, and grammaticality judgement

Aphasiology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1342-1353

  Smith, Pamela A ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognitive processing; Distraction; Grammaticality judgement

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISTRACTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 77957595111     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030903490533     Document Type: Article

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