A Meta-Analytic Review of Prospective Memory and Aging

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-39

  Henry, Julie D ^a   MacLeod, Mairi S ^a   Phillips, Louise H ^a   Crawford, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; AUTOMATISM; COGNITION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; RECALL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1542723377     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.27     Document Type: Review

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