Prospective memory in young and older adults: The effects of ongoing-task load

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-514

  Smith, Rebekah E ^a   Horn, Sebastian S ^b   Bayen, Ute J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Memory; Multinomial modeling; Prospective memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864037221     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2011.633161     Document Type: Article

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