"It's a hair-dryer...No, it's a drill" Misidentification-related false recognitions in younger and older adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 310-316

  Vannucci, Manila ^a   Mazzoni, Giuliana ^b   Marchetti, Igor ^c   Lavezzini, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; False memories; Memory; Visual object identification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MISIDENTIFICATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857059043     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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