Time-based and event-based prospective memory across adulthood: Underlying mechanisms and differential costs on the ongoing task

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-22

  Jäger, Theodor ^a,c   Kliegel, Matthias ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Prospective memory; Prospective memory interference effect; Time processing ability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 39749200898     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.135.1.4-22     Document Type: Article

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