Effects of division of attention during encoding and retrieval on age differences in episodic memory

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-143

  Nyberg, Lars ^a   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^b   Olofsson, Ulrich ^a   Bäckman, Lars ^c,d,e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030973103     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610739708254029     Document Type: Article

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