Memory for Age-Face Associations in Younger and Older Adults: The Role of Generation and Schematic Support

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 822-832

  McGillivray, Shannon ^a   Castel, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Errorful learning; Generation effect; Memory; Schematic support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650994158     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021044     Document Type: Article

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