The effects of print exposure on sentence processing and memory in older adults: Evidence for efficiency and reserve

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 122-149

  Payne, Brennan R ^a   Gao, Xuefei ^a   Noh, Soo Rim ^b   Anderson, Carolyn J ^a   Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Compensation; Print exposure; Reading; Sentence processing; Text memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84856905217     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2011.628376     Document Type: Article

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