Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the Costs of Repeated Memory Tests for Older Adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 250-262

  Henkel, Linda A ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive aging; false memory; hypermnesia; source monitoring; testing effect

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; RECALL; RISK REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REPRESSION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 46849104467     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.2.250     Document Type: Article

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