The myth of cognitive decline: Non-linear dynamics of lifelong learning

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-42

  Ramscar, Michael ^a   Hendrix, Peter ^a   Shaoul, Cyrus ^a   Milin, Petar ^a   Baayen, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Language; Learning; Memory; Psychometric testing

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEMORY; PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING;

AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84895910136     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12078     Document Type: Article

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