DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
9.10 and 9.100 COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
SPRING SEMESTER 1999
Friday, May 7
Effects of Aging on Memory
Suzanne Corkin
Required Reading for Undergraduates and Graduate Students
Huppert, F. A. (1991). Age-related changes in memory: Learning
and remembering new information. In Boller, P. & Grafman, J.
(Eds.), Handbook of Neuropsychology, Vol. 5 (pp. 123-147).
St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Science Publishers B. V. (Biomedical Division).
Craik, F. I. M., Morris, R. G., Morris, L. W., & Loewen, E. R.
(1990). Relations between source amnesia and frontal lobe functioning
in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 5, 148-151.
Loewen, E. R., Shaw, R. J., & Craik, F. I. M. (1990).
Age differences in components of metamemory. Experimental Aging Research,
16, 43-48.
Wingfield, A., Stine, E. A. L., Lahar, C. J., & Aberdeen, J. S.
(1988) Does the capacity of working memory change with age?
Experimental Aging Research, 14, 103-107.
Required Readings for Graduate Students (Recommended for Undergraduates)
Arriagada, P. V., Hyman, B. T., & Marzloff, K. (1992) Distribution
of Alzheimer-type pathologic changes in nondemented elderly individuals
matches the pattern in Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 42, 1681-1688.
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