False Recognition of Abstract Versus Common Objects in Older and Younger Adults: Testing the Semantic Categorization Account

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 499-510

  Koutstaal, Wilma ^a   Reddy, Chandan ^b   Jackson, Eric M ^b   Prince, Steve ^b   Cendan, Daniel L ^b   Schacter, Daniel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 0141753011     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.4.499     Document Type: Article

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