Adult Aging Effects on Semantic and Episodic Priming in Word Recognition

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-39

  Laver, Gary D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; episodic priming; memory; semantic priming; speed accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64649089173     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014642     Document Type: Article

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