Contributions of processing ability and knowledge to verbal memory tasks across the adult life-span

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-190

  Hedden, Trey ^a   Lautenschlager, Gary ^b   Park, Denise C ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 12844262973     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980443000179     Document Type: Article

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