Distraction Can Reduce Age-Related Forgetting

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 448-455

  Biss, Renée K ^a,b   Ngo, K W Joan ^a,b   Hasher, Lynn ^a,b   Campbell, Karen L ^a,b   Rowe, Gillian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; attention; forgetting; intervention; memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876198349     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612457386     Document Type: Article

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