Individual differences in spatial pattern separation performance associated with healthy aging in humans

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 284-288

  Stark, Shauna M ^a   Yassa, Michael A ^a   Stark, Craig E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DENTATE GYRUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953054528     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1768110     Document Type: Article

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