Short-term changes in general and memory-specific control beliefs and their relationship to cognition in younger and older adults

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-71

  Bielak, Allison A M ^a   Hultsch, David F ^a   Levy Ajzenkopf, Judi ^b   MacDonald, Stuart W S ^c   Hunter, Michael A ^a   Strauss, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERSTITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BENCHMARKING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 34547438296     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/G458-X101-0338-746X     Document Type: Article

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