Gestalt perception and the decline of global precedence in older subjects

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 854-862

  Staudinger, Markus R ^a,b   Fink, Gereon R ^a,c   Mackay, Clare E ^d,e   Lux, Silke ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Gestalt; Global precedence; Navon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956101577     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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