Directed forgetting and aging: The role of retrieval processes, processing speed, and proactive interference

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-491

  Hogge, Michaël ^a   Adam, Stéphane ^a   Collette, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Directed forgetting; Dual process; Proactive interference; Processing speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROACTIVE INHIBITION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SERIAL LEARNING; THINKING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 46349112110     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580701878065     Document Type: Article

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