Selective interference with verbal and spatial working memory in young and older adults.

Authors :: Myerson, Joel
Hale, Sandra
Source :: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences. May99, Vol. 54B Issue 3, pP161. 4p. 2 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 1999
Abstract: Compares the verbal and visuospatial working memory functions of young and older adults using digit and location memory span task. Analysis on effects of age; Interferences of secondary verbal task on digit span and secondary spatial task on location span; Use of serial scanning by older adults and parallel scanning by younger adults.

Subjects :: *AGE factors in memory
*COGNITIVE interference
*SHORT-term memory

Language :: English
ISSN :: 10795014
Volume :: 54B
Issue :: 3
Database :: Academic Search Index
Journal :: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 2417478
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/54B.3.P161

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