The age prospective memory paradox: Young adults may not give their best outside of the lab

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1444-1453

  Aberle, Ingo ^a   Rendell, Peter G ^b   Rose, Nathan S ^c   McDaniel, Mark A ^c   Kliegel, Matthias ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age paradox; Delayed intentions; Motivation; Prospective memory; Task setting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649258645     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020718     Document Type: Article

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