Predicting memory training response patterns: Results from ACTIVE

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-23

  Langbaum, Jessica B S ^a,b   Rebok, George W ^a   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a   Carlson, Michelle C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BANNER ALZHEIMER S INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive training; Memory

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 61549086837     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn026     Document Type: Article

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