On the mechanisms of plasticity in young and older adults after instruction in the method of loci: Evidence for an amplification model

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 164-178

  Verhaeghen, Paul ^a,b,c   Marcoen, Alfons ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b National Fund of Scientific Research   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APTITUDE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0029972803     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.1.164     Document Type: Article

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