Visual word recognition across the adult lifespan

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 488-502

  Cohen Shikora, Emily R ^a   Balota, David A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Visual word recognition; Word frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITIVE AGING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PREDICTION; PSYCINFO; STIMULUS; VISION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975749528     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pag0000100     Document Type: Article

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