Pictorial superiority effects in oldest-old adults

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 728-741

  Cherry, Katie E ^a   Hawley, Karri S ^a   Jackson, Erin M ^a   Volaufova, Julia ^b   Su, L Joseph ^b   Jazwinski, S Michal ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Healthy ageing; Oldest old; Picture superiority effect; Verbal recall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUES; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 52649156583     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802215534     Document Type: Article

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