Adult age differences in short-term memory for serial order: Data and a model

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 572-594

  Maylor, Elizabeth A ^a   Vousden, Janet I ^a   Brown, Gordon D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; COMPUTER MODEL; ERROR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033385441     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.4.572     Document Type: Article

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