Reduced comparison speed during visual search in late life depression

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1060-1070

  Potter, Guy G ^a   Madden, David J ^a   Costello, Mathew C ^b   Steffens, David C ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Depression; Reaction time; Visual search

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890551425     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2013.856381     Document Type: Article

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