The Attentional Boost Effect in Older Adults: Examining the Vulnerable Boost Hypothesis.
Introduction: The Attentional Boost Effect (ABE) occurs whenever participants recognize stimuli paired earlier with to-be-responded targets better than stimuli earlier paired with to-be-ignored distractors or presented on their own (baseline). Previous studies showed that the ABE does not occur in o...
| Publicado en: | Experimental Aging Research Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 190 - 209 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar/Apr2025
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