Spatial pattern completion deficits in older adults

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Paleja, Meera ^a   Spaniol, Julia ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Episodic memory; Hippocampus; Navigation; Spatial pattern completion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL PATTERN COMPLETION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84883505784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00003     Document Type: Article

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