Fact retrieval in younger and older adults: The role of mental models

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 258-271

  Radvansky, Gabriel A ^a   Zacks, Rose T ^b   Hasher, Lynn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEMORY; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0030036512     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.2.258     Document Type: Article

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