Recall and recognition measures of paired associate learning in healthy aging

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 506-522

  Lowndes, G J ^a,b   Saling, M M ^a   Ames, D ^a   Chiu, E ^a   Gonzalez, L M ^b   Savage, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Associate; Elderly; Memory; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 46349094690     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580802099678     Document Type: Article

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