Source Memory for Action in Young and Older Adults: Self vs. Close or Unknown Others

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 625-630

  Rosa, Nicole M ^a   Gutchess, Angela H ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Memory; Self; Source memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052886711     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022827     Document Type: Article

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