Cognitive ageing and the role of the frontal lobes in prospective memory and planning

A recent theory postulates that the cognitive functions associated with the frontal lobes are likely to selectively deteriorate with age (West, 1996). In line with this theory, it was predicted that an age-related decline in measures of prospective memory and planning would be observed. In order to...

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Main Author: Macleod, Mairi S.
Published: University of Aberdeen 2001
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364686