Predicting response of older adults to mnemonic training: Who will benefit?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-300

  McKitrick, Leslie A ^a   Friedman, Leah F ^a   Brooks III, John O ^a   Pearman, Ann ^a   Kraemer, Helena C ^a   Yesavage, Jerome A ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; TRAINING; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032883954     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610299005852     Document Type: Article

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