Visual memories for perceived length are well preserved in older adults

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2057-2062

  Norman, J Farley ^a   Holmin, Jessica S ^a   Bartholomew, Ashley N ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Length difference thresholds; Psychophysics; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052654316     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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