Neural Basis for Recognition Confidence in Younger and Older Adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-153

  Chua, Elizabeth F ^a   Schacter, Daniel L ^a   Sperling, Reisa A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; fMRI; memory; metamemory; monitoring

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CULTURE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FACE; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 64649106217     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014029     Document Type: Article

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