A bilingual advantage for episodic memory in older adults

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-601

  Schroeder, Scott R ^a   Marian, Viorica ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bilingualism; Language; Memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ACCURACY; AROUSAL; BILINGUALISM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONG TERM MEMORY; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84864029964     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.669367     Document Type: Article

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