Low perceived control as a risk factor for episodic memory: The mediational role of anxiety and task interference

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-296

  Lachman, Margie E ^a   Agrigoroaei, Stefan ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Interference inhibition in memory retrieval; Memory; Perceived control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863569662     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0140-x     Document Type: Article

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