Prolonged disengagement from attentional capture in normal aging

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-86

  Cashdollar, Nathan ^a,b   Fukuda, Keisuke ^c   Bocklage, Angelika ^d   Aurtenetxe, Sara ^e   Vogel, Edward K ^c   Gazzaley, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Older adults; Perception; Visual capture; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880929659     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029899     Document Type: Article

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