Directed forgetting in older adults using the item and list methods

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-114

  Sego, Sandra A ^a   Golding, Jonathan M ^b   Gottlob, Lawrence R ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; THEORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33645330112     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/138255890968682     Document Type: Article

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