Proper name retrieval in old age: Converging evidence against disproportionate impairment

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-226

  Maylor, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEMORY; PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030666101     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825589708256648     Document Type: Article

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