Pictorial illustrations enhance memory for sentences in younger and older adults

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-370

  Cherry, Katie E ^a   Dokey, Deanna K ^a   Reese, Celinda M ^a   Brigman, Susan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BOOK; FACILITATION; HUMAN; MEMORY; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL AID; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 0043093809     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730303720     Document Type: Article

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