Aging and directed forgetting in episodic memory: A meta-analysis

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-411

  Titz, Cora ^a   Verhaeghen, Paul ^b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Directed forgetting; Encoding differences; Inhibition; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; RECALL; VERBAL MEMORY; AGED; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953952654     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017225     Document Type: Article

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