The Extent of Stability and Change in Episodic and Semantic Memory in Old Age: Demographic Predictors of Level and Change

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Lövdén, Martin ^a,d   Rönnlund, Michael ^b   Wahlin, Åke ^a,c   Bäckman, Lars ^c   Nyberg, Lars ^b   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 2342596423     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/59.3.P130     Document Type: Article

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