TY - BOOK
T1 - AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN VERBAL, VISUAL AND SPATIAL MEMORY
T2 - The Same or Different?
AU - Shaw, Rhonda
N1 - Imported on 05 May 2017 - DigiTool details were: publisher = Mauritius: VDM Publishing House Ltd, 2009. editor/s (773b) = Rhonda Shaw.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - It is now generally accepted that the population of industrialised countries is aging. Although increasing longevity is a good thing, a number of issues are also raised. For example, many older adults experience a decline in various aspects of cognitive functioning. Working memory, which refers to a memory system that allows us to process, store and manipulate information, has been found to be particularly sensitive to age-related declines. However, much of the work on age differences in working memory has concentrated on the verbal domain in which there are clear declines. Much less is known about visual memory. Furthermore, there has been relatively little work comparing age differences in verbal, visual and spatial memory. This book attempts to address this gap by asking whether there are age differences in verbal, visual and spatial memory and whether any differences are the same, or different across domains. This book would be a useful resource for memory and aging researchers as well as for older adults.
AB - It is now generally accepted that the population of industrialised countries is aging. Although increasing longevity is a good thing, a number of issues are also raised. For example, many older adults experience a decline in various aspects of cognitive functioning. Working memory, which refers to a memory system that allows us to process, store and manipulate information, has been found to be particularly sensitive to age-related declines. However, much of the work on age differences in working memory has concentrated on the verbal domain in which there are clear declines. Much less is known about visual memory. Furthermore, there has been relatively little work comparing age differences in verbal, visual and spatial memory. This book attempts to address this gap by asking whether there are age differences in verbal, visual and spatial memory and whether any differences are the same, or different across domains. This book would be a useful resource for memory and aging researchers as well as for older adults.
KW - Cognitive aging
KW - Spatial memory
KW - Verbal memory
KW - Visual memory
M3 - Book
BT - AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN VERBAL, VISUAL AND SPATIAL MEMORY
PB - VDM Publishing House Ltd
CY - Mauritius
ER -