The episodic memory and inhibition accounts of age-related increases in false memories: A consistency check

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 268-283

  Lövdén, Martin ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Episodic memory; False memory; Inhibition; Processing speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043158899     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-596X(03)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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