Working mentory, language comprehension, and aging: Four experiments to understand the deficit

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-301

  Brebion G ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Psychological Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; TIME; WORKING MEMORY; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; READING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042592975     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730303725     Document Type: Article

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