Age differences in susceptibility to memory interference during recall of categorizable but not unrelated word lists

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-322

  Fernandes, Myra A ^a   Grady, Cheryl ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY INTERFERENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 50149101807     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730802273860     Document Type: Article

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