The influence of aging on attentional refreshing and articulatory rehearsal during working memory on later episodic memory performance

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 471-493

  Loaiza, Vanessa M ^a   McCabe, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional refreshing; Binding; Episodic memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880058986     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2012.738289     Document Type: Article

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