Age-related differences in temporal and spatial dimensions of episodic memory performance before and after hundred days of practice

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 467-480

  Noack, Hannes ^a,b   Lövdén, Martin ^a,c   Schmiedek, Florian ^a,d   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Context binding; Latent change score model; Representational precision; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881224492     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031489     Document Type: Article

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