Working memory capacity and overgeneral autobiographical memory in young and older adults

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-107

  Ros, Laura ^a   Latorre, José Miguel ^a   Serrano, Juan Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Autobiographical memory; Executive processes; Overgenerality; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649104407     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580903042650     Document Type: Article

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