Age deficits in learning sequences of spoken words

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Dennis, Nancy A ^a   Howard Jr , James H ^a   Howard, Darlene V ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0042349782     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.4.P224     Document Type: Article

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