Reducing gist-based false recognition in older adults: Encoding and retrieval manipulations

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 220-237

  Koutstaal, Wilma ^a   Schacter, Daniel L ^b   Galluccio, Lissa ^b   Stofer, Kathryn A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033008862     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.2.220     Document Type: Article

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