Inhibitory deficits in older adults: List-method directed forgetting revisited

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 290-300

  Zellner, Martina ^a   B̈uml, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Directed forgetting; Inhibition; Inhibition deficit; Older adults; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33645728137     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.290     Document Type: Article

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