Young and older adults' beliefs about effective ways to mitigate age-related memory decline

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-304

  Horhota, Michelle ^a   Lineweaver, Tara ^b   Ositelu, Monique ^a   Summers, Kristi ^b   Hertzog, Christopher ^c  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Aging; Control; Memory beliefs; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED MEMORY DECLINE; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; RETROSPECTIVE MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867430430     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026088     Document Type: Article

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