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Adult age differences in the rate of information extraction during visual search.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Madden, DJ; Allen, PA
Published in: J Gerontol
May 1991

We investigated adult age differences in the function relating accuracy to speed during visual-search performance. Twenty-four young adults between 17 and 26 years of age, and 24 older adults between 59 and 75 years of age, participated. The level of accuracy at which performance was first improved by increasing RT was higher for older adults than for young adults. Independently of this age difference in accuracy, however, a significant age-related slowing was present in the rate of information extraction during visual-search performance.

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Published In

J Gerontol

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ISSN

0022-1422

Publication Date

May 1991

Volume

46

Issue

3

Start / End Page

P124 / P126

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Reaction Time
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Processes
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Aging
  • Aged
  • Adult
 

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Madden, D. J., & Allen, P. A. (1991). Adult age differences in the rate of information extraction during visual search. J Gerontol, 46(3), P124–P126. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/46.3.p124
Madden, D. J., and P. A. Allen. “Adult age differences in the rate of information extraction during visual search.J Gerontol 46, no. 3 (May 1991): P124–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/46.3.p124.
Madden DJ, Allen PA. Adult age differences in the rate of information extraction during visual search. J Gerontol. 1991 May;46(3):P124–6.
Madden, D. J., and P. A. Allen. “Adult age differences in the rate of information extraction during visual search.J Gerontol, vol. 46, no. 3, May 1991, pp. P124–26. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/geronj/46.3.p124.
Madden DJ, Allen PA. Adult age differences in the rate of information extraction during visual search. J Gerontol. 1991 May;46(3):P124–P126.

Published In

J Gerontol

DOI

ISSN

0022-1422

Publication Date

May 1991

Volume

46

Issue

3

Start / End Page

P124 / P126

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Reaction Time
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Processes
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Aging
  • Aged
  • Adult