Age-related decline in prospective memory: The roles of cue accessibility and cue sensitivity

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 264-272

  West, Robert ^a,b   Craik, Fergus I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033004267     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.2.264     Document Type: Article

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