Memory function in normal aging

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 107, Issue 179, 2003, Pages 7-13

  Nilsson, Lars Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age deficit; Episodic memory; Perceptual representation system; Procedural memory; Semantic memory; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; EPISODIC MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; RISK FACTOR; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037244501     PISSN: 00651427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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