Influences of age, performance, and item relatedness on verbatim and gist recall of verb-noun pairs

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-110

  Earles, Julie L ^a   Kersten, Alan W ^a   Turner, Jennifer M ^b   McMullen, Josephine ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0032616817     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221309909595354     Document Type: Article

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