Memory training and drug therapy act differently on memory and metamemory functioning: Evidence from a pilot study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 9-22

  De Vreese, L P ^a   Neri, M ^a   Boiardi, R ^a   Ferrari, P ^a   Belloi, L ^a   Salvioli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age associated memory decline; Depression; Memory training; Metamemory; Nootropics

Indexed keywords

NOOTROPIC AGENT; PRAMIRACETAM;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NERVOUSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TRAINING; URINE RETENTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0029789807     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)86906-8     Document Type: Article

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