Number skills are maintained in healthy ageing

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-45

  Cappelletti, Marinella ^a,b   Didino, Daniele ^c   Stoianov, Ivilin ^d,e   Zorzi, Marco ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^f IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Computational modelling; Number acuity; Numerical cognition; Numerosity perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891932632     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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