False Memories: Young and Older Adults Think of Semantic Associates at the Same Rate, but Young Adults Are More Successful at Source Monitoring

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 191-197

  Dehon, Hedwige ^a   Brédart, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; SEMANTICS; THINKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REPRESSION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 12144286823     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.191     Document Type: Article

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