The Benefits and Costs of Repeated Memory Tests for Young and Older Adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 580-595

  Henkel, Linda A ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive aging; false memory; hypermnesia; source monitoring; testing effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34948858994     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.3.580     Document Type: Article

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