Effects of aging, message repetition, and note-taking on memory for health information

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages

  Morrow, Daniel G ^c   Leirer, Von O ^a   Carver, Lisa M ^d   Tanke, Elizabeth Decker ^b   McNally, Alison D ^d  

^a Decision Systems   (United States)

^b Applied Decision Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TELEPHONE; WORKING MEMORY; WRITING;

EID: 0033456255     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.6.P369     Document Type: Article

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