Individual differences and predictors of forgetting in old age: The role of processing speed and working memory

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-219

  Zimprich, Daniel ^a   Kurtz, Tanja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forgetting; Individual differences; Latent change model; Processing speed; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84874225981     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2012.690364     Document Type: Article

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