The effects of marital status on episodic and semantic memory in healthy middle-aged and old individuals

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Mousavi Nasab, S M Hossein ^a   Kormi Nouri, Reza ^a   Sundström, Anna ^b   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^c,d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Episodic memory; Marital status; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 84855808080     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2011.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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