The associative memory deficit of older adults: The role of strategy utilization

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 202-208

  Naveh Benjamin, Moshe ^a   Brav, Tamar Keshet ^b   Levy, Oded ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Associative deficit; Episodic memory; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY DEFICIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDER; RECALL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; THEORETICAL STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33947646438     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.1.202     Document Type: Article

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