Divergent effects of age on performance in spatial associative learning and real idiothetic memory in humans

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-93

  Skolimowska, Justyna ^a   Wesierska, Malgorzata ^a   Lewandowska, Monika ^a   Szymaszek, Aneta ^a   Szelag, Elzbieta ^a,b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Idiothetic navigation; Paired associates learning; Path integration; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650610785     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.11.035     Document Type: Article

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