Age-related differences in inhibitory control predict audiovisual speech perception

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 634-646

  Dey, Avanti ^a   Sommers, Mitchell S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Inhibition; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITORY CONTROL; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROOP TEST; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STROOP TEST; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940898870     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pag0000033     Document Type: Article

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