Quantitative and qualitative differences in the verbal learning performance of elderly depressives and healthy controls

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-126

  King, Deborah A ^a   Cox, Christopher ^b   Lyness, Jeffrey M ^b   Conwell, Yeates ^b   Caine, Eric D ^b  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depression in the elderly; Verbal learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031960188     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617798001155     Document Type: Article

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