Inference generation in young, young-old and old-old adults: Evidence for semantic architecture stability

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-192

  McGinnis, Debra ^a   Goss, R Justin ^b   Tessmer, Courtney ^c   Zelinski, Elizabeth M ^d  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 41449105382     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1367     Document Type: Article

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