Characteristics of associative learning in younger and older adults: Evidence from an episodic priming paradigm

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 607-620

  Spieler, Daniel H ^a,b   Balota, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030497979     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.4.607     Document Type: Article

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