Aging, cognitive resources, and declarative learning

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 658-670

  Kirasic, Kathleen C ^a   Allen, Gary L ^a   Dobson, Shannon H ^a   Binder, Katherine S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030499816     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.4.658     Document Type: Article

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