Differential Age Effects for Implicit and Explicit Conceptual Associative Memory

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 911-921

  Dew, Ilana T Z ^a   Giovanello, Kelly S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Associative priming; Implicit associative memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPLICIT MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT MEMORY; MENTAL TASK;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650986996     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019940     Document Type: Article

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