Mediators of long-term memory performance across the life span

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 621-637

  Park, Denise C ^a   Lautenschlager, Gary ^c   Smith, Anderson D ^b   Earles, Julie L ^d   Frieske, David ^c,e   Zwahr, Melissa ^c,f   Gaines, Christine L ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECALL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 12644273759     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.4.621     Document Type: Article

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