Generation and associative encoding in young and old adults: The effect of the strength of association between cues and targets on a cued recall task

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-30

  Taconnat, Laurence ^a   Froger, Charlotte ^a   Sacher, Mathilde ^a   Isingrini, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Associative encoding; Cognitive aging; Cued recall; Generation effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 40549129990     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.55.1.23     Document Type: Article

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