Recency Effect in Alzheimer's Disease: A Reappraisal

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-325

  Carlesimo, Giovanni A ^a,b,c   Fadda, Lucia ^a,b   Sabbadini, Maurizio ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030140568     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755622     Document Type: Article

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