Mechanisms underlying comprehension of health information in adulthood: The roles of prior knowledge and working memory capacity

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 794-806

  Soederberg Miller, Lisa M ^a   Gibson, Tanja N ^a   Applegate, Elizabeth A ^a   De Dios, Jeannette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; health education; health information processing; knowledge; nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959326937     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105310392090     Document Type: Article

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