Age differences in the allocation of study time account for age differences in memory performance

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 691-700

  Dunlosky, John ^a   Connor, Lisa Tabor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030826627     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211311     Document Type: Article

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