Mnemonic training in older adults: Effects of age, length of training, and type of cognitive pretraining

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-84

  Brooks III, John O ^a,b   Friedman, Leah ^a   Pearman, Ann M ^a   Gray, Christine ^a   Yesavage, Jerome A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAINING; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0032945123     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610299005608     Document Type: Article

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