Working memory, semantics, and normal aging

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-186

  Haut, Marc W ^a   Chen, ShenHsing ^b   Edwards, Stacy ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033379069     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.6.3.179.780     Document Type: Article

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