Age-related decline in verbal learning is moderated by demographic factors, working memory capacity, and presence of Amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 822-835

  Constantinidou, Fofi ^a   Zaganas, Ioannis ^b   Papastefanakis, Emmanouil ^c   Kasselimis, Dimitrios ^c   Nidos, Andreas ^d   Simos, Panagiotis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention span; Dementia; Episodic memory; MCI; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910593512     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617714000678     Document Type: Article

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