The influence of distinctive processing manipulations on older adults' false memory

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-159

  Butler, Karin M ^a   McDaniel, Mark A ^b   McCabe, David P ^c   Dornburg, Courtney C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distinctive processing; False memory; Frontal lobes; Neuropsychological; Source memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77649088427     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580903029715     Document Type: Article

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