Feature integration across the lifespan: Stickier stimulus-response bindings in children and older adults

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Hommel, Bernhard ^a   Kray, Jutta ^b   Lindenberger, Ulman ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Development; Feature binding; Integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855939302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00268     Document Type: Article

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