Relations between subjective evaluations of memory and objective memory performance 1,2

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 93, Issue 3 PART 1, 2001, Pages 761-776

  Schmidt, Iris W ^a   Berg, Ina J ^b   Deelman, Betto G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0035749543     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.93.3.761     Document Type: Review

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