Response bias and aging on a recognition memory task

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Huh, Terri J ^a   Kramer, Joel H ^a   Gazzaley, Adam ^a   Delis, Dean C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Executive; Frontal; Memory; Normal aging; Recognition performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW BIAS; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORKING MEMORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33644896213     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617706060024     Document Type: Article

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