Aging and the production effect: A test of the distinctiveness account

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 212-216

  Lin, Olivia Y H ^a   MacLeod, Colin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; distinctiveness; memory; production effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875163529     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028309     Document Type: Article

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