Directed forgetting in working memory: Age-related differences

Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 248-256

  Andrés, Pilar ^a   Van der Linden, Martial ^b,c   Parmentier, Fabrice B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; VOCABULARY;

EID: 1842576873     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210244000612     Document Type: Article

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