Effective cue utilization reduces memory errors in older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 379-389

  Thomas, Ayanna K ^a   Bulevich, John B ^a  

^a Colby College   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual cues; False memories; Imagination inflation; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED; AGING; CUES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33747038930     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.379     Document Type: Article

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