The effects of age and experience on memory for visually presented music

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Meinz, Elizabeth J ^a   Salthouse, Timothy A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMBOLISM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031886717     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.1.P60     Document Type: Article

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