The frontal aging hypothesis evaluated

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 705-726

  Greenwood, Pamela M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit memory; Face recognition; Frontal aging process; Implicit memory; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEMORY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THEORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033770271     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617700666092     Document Type: Review

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