Modeling learning and memory using verbal learning tests: Results from ACTIVE

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-167

  Gross, Alden L ^a   Rebok, George W ^b   Brandt, Jason ^b,c   Tommet, Doug ^a   Marsiske, Michael ^d   Jones, Richard N ^a  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AVLT; Growth modeling; HVLT; Memory training; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874358598     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs053     Document Type: Article

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