Episodic autobiographical memory in normal aging and mild cognitive impairment: A population-based study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 807-812

  Berna, Fabrice ^a   Schönknecht, Peter ^b   Seidl, Ulrich ^a   Toro, Pablo ^a   Schröder, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Autobiographical memory; Episodic memory; Executive functions; Mild cognitive impairment; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872379699     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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