Effects of domain, retention interval, and information load on young and older adults' visuospatial working memory

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-133

  Chen, Jing ^a   Hale, Sandra ^b   Myerson, Joel ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0038344097     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.10.2.122.14461     Document Type: Article

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