Working Memory and Aging: Separating the Effects of Content and Context

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 968-980

  Bopp, Kara L ^a   Verhaeghen, Paul ^b  

^a WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

age differences; aging; context memory; source memory; working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 75149139909     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017731     Document Type: Article

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