Susceptibility to distraction during reading in young, young-old, and old-old adults

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-393

  McGinnis, Debra ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864838397     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2012.699365     Document Type: Article

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