Are older adults more social than Younger Adults? Social importance increases older Adults' prospective memory performance

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-328

  Altgassen, Mareike ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^a   Brandimonte, Maria ^b   Filippello, Pina ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age prospective memory paradox; Old age; Prospective memory; Self initiated processing; Social importance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951033090     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580903281308     Document Type: Article

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