Reading comprehension and aging: Does an age-related difference necessarily mean impairment?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-76

  De Beni, Rossana ^a   Palladino, Paola ^a   Borella, Erika ^a   Lo Presti, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive function; Inferential skill; Metacognition; Reading comprehension; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0037641133     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324482     Document Type: Article

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