Memorability functions in verbal memory: A longitudinal approach

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-137

  Kennet, Joel ^a   McGuire, Lisa ^b   Willis, Sherry L ^a   Schaie, K Warner ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034031930     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036107300243597     Document Type: Article

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