Training content variability and the effectiveness of learning: An adult age assessment

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 157-174

  Sanders, Raymond E ^a   Gonzalez, Debra J ^a   Murphy, Martin D ^a   Pesta, Bryan J ^a   Bucur, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036760018     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.9.3.157.9614     Document Type: Article

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