Passive storage versus active processing in working memory: Evidence from age-related variations in performance

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 521-539

  Vecchi, Tomaso ^a   Richardson, John T E ^b   Cavallini, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION;

EID: 23244468330     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440440000140     Document Type: Article

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