Evaluating short-term and working memory in older adults: French normative data

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 922-930

  Fournet, Nathalie ^a   Roulin, Jean Luc ^a   Vallet, Fanny ^a   Beaudoin, Marine ^a   Agrigoroaei, Stefan ^b   Paignon, Adeline ^a   Dantzer, Cécile ^a   Desrichard, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; short term memory; span tasks; working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863087316     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.674487     Document Type: Article

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