Moderation of older adults' retrieval reluctance through task instructions and monetary incentives

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Touron, Dayna R ^a   Swaim, Elizabeth T ^a   Hertzog, Christopher ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MONEY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34248674921     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.3.P149     Document Type: Article

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