Promoting transfer in memory training for older adults

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-323

  Cavallini, Elena ^a   Dunlosky, John ^b   Bottiroli, Sara ^a   Hertzog, Christopher ^c   Vecchi, Tomaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Instruction; Memory intervention; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 78751695160     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/6704     Document Type: Article

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