Conceptual Processing of Distractors by Older but Not Younger Adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2252-2258

  Amer, Tarek ^a   Hasher, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive ability; implicit memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918804974     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614555725     Document Type: Article

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