Mistaking the recent past for the present: False seeing by older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-32

  Jacoby, Larry L ^a   Rogers, Chad S ^a,d   Bishara, Anthony J ^a,b   Shimizu, Yujiro ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c American River College   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Context effects; Illusions; Metacognition; Perception; Priming; Subjective experience; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FALSE MEMORY; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICIPATION; FRONTAL LOBE; ILLUSION; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPETITION PRIMING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPETITION PRIMING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863429214     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025924     Document Type: Article

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