The Effects of Attention on Age-Related Relational Memory Deficits: Evidence From a Novel Attentional Manipulation

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 678-688

  Kim, So Yeon ^a   Giovanello, Kelly S ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Association; Attention; Episodic memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PROCESSING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052888673     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022326     Document Type: Article

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