Age, context, and spatial memory: A neuropsychological approach

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-265

  Cooney, Robin ^a   Arbuckle, Tannis ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031429373     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825589708256650     Document Type: Article

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