Do age differences in odour memory depend on differences in verbal memory?

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 915-917

  Møller, Per ^a   Wulff, Christian ^a   Köster, Egon Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ageing; Incidental learning; Memory; Odour naming; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SMELL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 1842504402     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200404090-00036     Document Type: Article

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