The rise and fall of immediate and delayed memory for verbal and visuospatial information from late childhood to late adulthood

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-107

  Murre, Jaap M J ^a   Janssen, Steve M J ^b   Rouw, Romke ^a   Meeter, Martijn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Long term memory; Memory; Short term memory; Verbal memory; Visual memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871434804     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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