Tomatoes and apples or red and green lines: are age-related interference effects based on competition among concepts or percepts?

Using a negative priming paradigm, the authors tested whether age-related interference effects are due to age differences in perceptual distractibility or in resolving conceptual competition. In samples of 40 younger adults (aged 22-34) and 40 older adults (aged 58-76), the authors found a greater r...

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Published in:Experimental Aging Research Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 346 - 359
Main Authors: Titz C, Behrendt J, Hasselhorn M
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul-Sep2010
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