Recognition Memory Measures Yield Disproportionate Effects of Aging on Learning Face-Name Associations

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 657-664

  James, Lori E ^a   Fogler, Kethera A ^a   Tauber, Sarah K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; associative deficit hypothesis; proper names; recognition memory; transmission deficit hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; OCCUPATION; RECALL; RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; OCCUPATIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54049086526     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013008     Document Type: Article

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