Working memory in the oldest-old: Evidence from output serial position curves

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1423-1434

  Elliott, Emily M ^a   Cherry, Katie E ^a   Brown, Jennifer Silva ^a   Smitherman, Emily A ^a   Jazwinski, S Michal ^b   Yu, Qingzhao ^c   Volaufova, Julia ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Oldest old adults; Serial output position curves; Strategic processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SIZE PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 80155197396     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0119-7     Document Type: Article

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