Sensory-dependent knowledge in young and elderly adults: Arguments from the cross-modal priming effect

Current Aging Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-149

  Vallet, Guillaume ^a,b   Simard, Martine ^a   Versace, Rémy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Lyon University   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Cross modal priming; Memory; Sensory dependent knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 79954463909     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609811104020137     Document Type: Article

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