Modality differences in timing and temporal memory throughout the lifespan

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-303

  Lustig, Cindy ^a   Meck, Warren H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory stimuli; Automatic attention; Controlled attention; Duration bisection; Interval timing; Lifespan development; Time sharing; Visual stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE MEMORY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80054060403     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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