Does action make you faster? A retrieval-based approach to investigating the origins of the enactment effect

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 487-495

  Spranger, Tina ^a   Schatz, Tanja R ^a   Knopf, Monika ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age differences; Memory for action events; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149091789     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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