Differential effects of age on prospective and retrospective memory tasks in young, young-old, and old-old adults

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-196

  Kvavilashvili, Lia ^a   Kornbrot, Diana E ^a   Mash, Veronica ^a   Cockburn, Janet ^b   Milne, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing and memory; Old old; Prospective memory; Retrospective memory; Young old

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549112004     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802194366     Document Type: Article

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