Emotional target cues eliminate age differences in prospective memory

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1057-1064

  Altgassen, Mareike ^a   Phillips, Louise H ^b   Henry, Julie D ^c   Rendell, Peter G ^d   Kliegel, Matthias ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Emotion processing; Prospective memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CUES; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952830682     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470211003770920     Document Type: Article

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