The Effects of Pure Pair Repetition on Younger and Older Adults' Associative Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 706-719

  Kilb, Angela ^a   Naveh Benjamin, Moshe ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Associative memory; Familiarity; Recollection; Repetition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955705585     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022525     Document Type: Article

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