Episodic memory deficits slow down the dynamics cognitive procedural learning in normal ageing

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-207

  Beaunieux, Hélène ^a   Hubert, Valérie ^a   Pitel, Anne Lise ^a   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a   Eustache, Francis ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognitive procedural learning; Episodic memory; Procedural memory; Tower of Hanoi; Tower of Toronto task; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549107048     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802212010     Document Type: Article

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