Mechanisms of autobiographical memory retrieval in younger and older adults

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 811-820

  Dijkstra, Katinka ^a   Kaup, Barbara ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; RECALL; AGE; LITERATURE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644877713     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193076     Document Type: Article

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