Text comprehension products and processes in young, young-old, and old-old adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-211

  McGinnis, Debra ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Inference; Language; Narrative comprehension; Old old adults; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149096861     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp005     Document Type: Article

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