Age-related increases in false recognition: The role of perceptual and conceptual similarity

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Pidgeon, Laura M ^a   Morcom, Alexa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Conceptual similarity; Episodic memory; False recognition; Gist; Pattern separation; Perceptual similarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL COGNITIVE TEST; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909584838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00283     Document Type: Article

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