Effects of adult aging on utilization of temporal and semantic associations during free and serial recall

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 947-956

  Golomb, Julie D ^a,c   Peelle, Jonathan E ^a,b   Addis, Kelly M ^a,d   Kahana, Michael J ^b   Wingfield, Arthur ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PERFORMANCE; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSOCIATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SEMANTICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 46449122891     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.36.5.947     Document Type: Article

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