Patterns and predictors of adult age differences in mental imagery

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-128

  Kemps, Eva ^a   Newson, Rachel ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VARIANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 17144396719     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580590925152     Document Type: Article

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