Effects of aging and attention-demanding tasks on false recognition induced by photographs: Differences between conceptually and perceptually modified lures

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-231

  Rémy, Philippe ^a   Taconnat, Laurence ^a,b   Isingrini, Michel ^a  

^a Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 45849105626     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730802070118     Document Type: Article

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