Verbal and pictorial elaborations enhance memory in younger and older adults

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-29

  Cherry, Katie E ^a   Park, Denise C ^b   Frieske, David A ^b   Smith, Anderson D ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029907039     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825589608256609     Document Type: Review

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