Age differences in the effects of conceptual integration training on resource allocation in sentence processing

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1430-1455

  Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^a   Noh, Soo Rim ^a   Shake, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Metacognition; Reading; Resource allocation; Text memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954156846     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903330983     Document Type: Article

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