The influence of aging on short-term and long-term memory in the continuous recognition paradigm

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 516-521

  Ishihara, Osamu ^a   Gondo, Yasuyuki ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Continuous recognition test; Long term memory; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036484232     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.72.516     Document Type: Article

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