Ageing and spatial reversal learning in humans: Findings from a virtual water maze

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 270, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-55

  Schoenfeld, R ^a   Foreman, N ^b   Leplow, B ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anxiety; Personality; Spatial reversal learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; VIRTUAL REALITY; YOUNG ADULT; LEARNING; MEMORY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SPATIAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901309893     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.04.036     Document Type: Article

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