Betting on Memory Leads to Metacognitive Improvement by Younger and Older Adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-142

  McGillivray, Shannon ^a   Castel, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory; Metamemory; Task experience; Value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953128930     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022681     Document Type: Article

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