Cognitive operations in the generation effect on a recall test: Role of aging and divided attention

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 827-837

  Taconnat, Laurence ^a,b   Isingrini, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 3042528406     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.4.827     Document Type: Article

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