Verbal learning and aging: Combined effects of irrelevant speech, interstimulus interval, and education

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Meijer, Willemien A ^a   De Groot, Renate H M ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Van Gerven, Pascal W M ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 33749358489     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.5.P285     Document Type: Article

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