Age-related change in visual, spatial and verbal memory

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-19

  Shaw, Rhonda M ^a   Helmes, Edward ^a   Mitchell, David ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive ageing; Memory loss; Spatial memory; Visual memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249784760     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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