Memory prediction accuracy in younger and older adults: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-94

  Woo, Ellen ^a   Schmitter Edgecombe, Maureen ^a   Fancher, Jill B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive decline; Memory perception; Metamemory; Verbal memory; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 44449159565     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580701626936     Document Type: Article

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