Differential effects of normal aging on memory for odor-place and object-place associations

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-452

  Gilbert, Paul E ^a,b   Pirogovsky, Eva ^b   Ferdon, Sally ^c   Brushfield, Andrea M ^a   Murphy, Claire ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY MEMORY; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; ODORS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 50149091587     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730802271914     Document Type: Article

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