Age and forgetfulness: Confidence in ability and attribution for memory failures

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 310-315

  Erber, Joan T ^a   Prager, Irene G ^a   Williams, Marie ^a   Caiola, Marisa A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030016459     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.2.310     Document Type: Article

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