The effect of aging on the memory enhancement of the survival judgment task

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-217

  Nouchi, Rui ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive memory; Aging; Elaboration; Survival judgment task

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860253821     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2011.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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