Memory training for remembering texts in older adults

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 67-90

  Schmidt, Iris W ^a   Berg, Ina J ^a   Deelman, Betto G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory for text; Memory training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; TRAINING;

EID: 0033730664     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v21n04_06     Document Type: Article

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