Does believing in "use it or lose it" relate to self-rated memory control, strategy use, and recall?

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-87

  Hertzog, Christopher ^a   McGuire, Christy ^a   Horhota, Michelle ^a   Jopp, Daniela ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949276556     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.70.1.c     Document Type: Article

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