Comparison of older people and patients with frontal lesions: Evidence from word list learning

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-395

  Stuss, Donald T ^a,b   Craik, Fergus I M ^a,b   Sayer, Lisa ^b   Franchi, Dina ^b   Alexander, Michael P ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; RECALL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0029905232     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.3.387     Document Type: Article

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