Adult age differences in the temporal characteristics of category free recall

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 256-266

  Wingfieid, Arthur ^a   Lindfield, Kimberly C ^a   Kahana, Michael J ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031836951     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.13.2.256     Document Type: Article

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