Adult age differences in memory for name-face associations: The effects of intentional and incidental learning

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-232

  Naveh Benjamin, Moshe ^a   Shing, Yee Lee ^b   Kilb, Angela ^a   Werkle Bergner, Markus ^b   Lindenberger, Ulman ^b   Li, Shu Chen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Associative memory; Episodic memory; Learning instructions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FACE; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NAMES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549112575     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802222183     Document Type: Article

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