Age differences in learning from text: Evidence for functionally distinct text processing systems

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-578

  Shake, Matthew C ^a   Noh, Soo Rim ^a   Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEARNING STYLE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECALL; SELF CONTROL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 67651154518     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1494     Document Type: Article

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