Learning and Retention in Old Age.

Previous research has shown that there is a decline in learning performance in old age. Just what factors may produce this loss is not known with any certainty. The older person may be a poorer learner because he forms new associations less rapidly, or because he retains them less well. If learning...

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Main Author:	Wimer, Richard E.
Other Authors:	Hebb, D. (Supervisor)
Format:	Others
Language:	en
Published:	McGill University 1959
Subjects:	Psychology.
Online Access:	http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=112112

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Learning and Retention in Old Age.

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