Can older adults accurately judge their learning of emotional information?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 924-933

  Tauber, Sarah K ^a   Dunlosky, John ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion; Free recall; Judgments of learning; Metamemory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL VALENCE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JUDGMENT OF LEARNING; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874452196     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028447     Document Type: Article

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