Unwanted beliefs: Age differences in beliefs of false information

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-230

  Chen, Yiwei ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL;

EID: 0036760059     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.9.3.217.9613     Document Type: Article

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