Are age differences in verbal learning related to interstimulus interval and education?

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-339

  Meijer, Willemien A ^a   De Groot, Renate H M ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Van Gerven, Pascal W M ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 50149115001     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730802273910     Document Type: Article

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