Working memory capacity predicts listwise directed forgetting in adults and children

Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 442-450

  Aslan, Alp ^a   Zellner, Martina ^a   Bäuml, Karl Heinz T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Directed forgetting; Episodic memory; Individual differences; Inhibition; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77952597490     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211003742698     Document Type: Article

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