Aging and Flexible Remembering: Contributions of Conceptual Span, Fluid Intelligence, and Frontal Functioning

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-207

  Aizpurua, Alaitz ^a,b   Koutstaal, Wilma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Conceptual span; Flexible remembering; Fluid intelligence; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950266821     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018198     Document Type: Article

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