The Effects of Aging and Divided Attention on Memory for Item and Associative Information

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 873-885

  Castel, Alan D ^a   Craik, Fergus I M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346750686     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.18.4.873     Document Type: Article

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