Gender differences in episodic memory and visual working memory including the effects of age

Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 857-874

  Pauls, Franz ^a   Petermann, Franz ^a   Lepach, Anja Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age group differences; Episodic memory; Gender differences; Type of task; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887997021     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2013.765892     Document Type: Article

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