Effects of bilingualism, aging, and semantic relatedness on memory under divided attention

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-141

  Fernandes, Myra A ^a   Craik, Fergus ^b   Bialystok, Ellen ^b   Kreuger, Sharyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; REACTION TIME; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34848876336     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cjep2007014     Document Type: Article

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