Self-generation amplifies the errorless learning effect in healthy older adults when transfer appropriate processing conditions are met

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 592-607

  Guild, Emma B ^a,b   Anderson, Nicole D ^a,b  

^a Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Free recall; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84866432452     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2011.639869     Document Type: Article

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