Memory Encoding and Retrieval in the Aging Brain

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-7

  Friedman, David ^a   Nessler, Doreen ^a   Johnson, Ray ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Aging of Memory; Encoding and Retrieval; Episodic Memory (EM) Effect; Event Related Potentials; Left Inferior Prefrontal Negativity; Semantic Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; MEMORY DISORDER; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 33947515441     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940703800105     Document Type: Article

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