Age-related differences in spatial memory: Effects of structural and organizational context

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-73

  Cherry, Katie E ^a   Jones, Martin W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0032604465     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221309909595351     Document Type: Article

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