Mood, motivation, and misinformation: Aging and affective state influences on memory

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 13-34

  Hess, Thomas M ^a   Popham, Lauren E ^a   Emery, Lisa ^b   Elliott, Tonya ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Aging; Emotion; Memory; Misinformation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84856850667     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2011.622740     Document Type: Article

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