Age benefits in everyday prospective memory: The influence of personal task importance, use of reminders and everyday stress

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 84-101

  Ihle, Andreas ^a   Schnitzspahn, Katharina ^a,b   Rendell, Peter G ^c   Luong, Cäcilia ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Prospective memory; Task importance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REMINDER SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856813692     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2011.629288     Document Type: Article

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