Aging, subjective experience, and cognitive control: Dramatic false remembering by older adults

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-148

  Jacoby, Larry L ^a,b   Bishara, Anthony J ^a   Hessels, Sandra ^a   Toth, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 18844415305     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.134.2.131     Document Type: Article

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