Decreased recall of primacy words predicts cognitive decline

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-103

  Bruno, Davide ^a,b,c   Reiss, Philip T ^b,c   Petkova, Eva ^b,c   Sidtis, John J ^b,c   Pomara, Nunzio ^b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Consolidation; Memory; Primacy; Serial position

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879178235     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acs116     Document Type: Article

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