Aging and functional spatial relations in comprehension and memory

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-165

  Radvansky, Gabriel A ^a   Copeland, David E ^a   Zwaan, Rolf A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0037335106     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.18.1.161     Document Type: Article

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