Taking the testing effect beyond the college freshman: Benefits for lifelong learning

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-147

  Meyer, Ashley N D ^a,b   Logan, Jessica M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Episodic memory; Lifelong learning; Repeated testing; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879184013     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030890     Document Type: Article

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