Use it and still lose it?: The influence of age and job experience on detection performance in x-ray screening

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Schwaninger, Adrian ^a,b   Hardmeier, Diana ^b   Riegelnig, Judith ^b   Martin, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Cognitive functions; Detection performance; Object recognition; Working experience; X ray screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFESPAN; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649976881     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000020     Document Type: Article

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