Age-related binding deficits and the content of false memories

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-95

  Lyle, Keith B ^a,b   Bloise, Suzanne M ^a   Johnson, Marcia K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging and memory; False memories; Feature binding; Reality monitoring; Source monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747071707     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.1.86     Document Type: Article

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