Updating working memory: memory load matters with aging

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 371-377

  Artuso, Caterina ^a   Cavallini, Elena ^a   Bottiroli, Sara ^b   Palladino, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Content context binding; Memory content; Memory load; Short term memory; Updating; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHEMICAL BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966440654     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-016-0581-y     Document Type: Article

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