Aging and everyday memory: The beneficial effect of memory training

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-257

  Cavallini, Elena ^a   Pagnin, Adriano ^a   Vecchi, Tomaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Memory training; Mnemonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

EID: 0141848695     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(03)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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