The role of cognitive operations in reality monitoring: A study with healthy older adults and alzheimer's-type dementia

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-40

  Fairfield, Beth ^a   Mammarella, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's type dementia; Reality monitoring; Source monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; CULTURE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REALITY TESTING; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549088150     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.136.1.21-40     Document Type: Article

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