The influence of age on memory for distinctive events

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Geraci, Lisa ^a   McDaniel, Mark A ^b   Manzano, Isabel ^a   Roediger III, Henry L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; WORD LIST RECALL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549115526     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.2.175     Document Type: Article

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