Aging, cognition, and culture: A neuroscientific perspective

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 859-867

  Park, Denise C ^a   Gutchess, Angela H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Culture; Neuroimaging; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STEREOTYPY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0036858309     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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