The associative-memory basis of cognitive skill learning: Adult age differences

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-498

  Cerella, John ^a   Onyper, Serge V ^a   Hoyer, William J ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Associative memory; Learning rates; Paired associate learning; Skill learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 33749030706     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.3.483     Document Type: Article

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