Spacing as the friend of both memory and induction in young and older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 498-503

  Kornell, Nate ^a   Castel, Alan D ^b   Eich, Teal S ^c   Bjork, Robert A ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Induction; Memory; Metacognition; Spacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAINTING; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953923853     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017807     Document Type: Article

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