Selecting valuable information to remember: Age-related differences and similarities in self-regulated learning

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 232-242

  Castel, Alan D ^a   Murayama, Kou ^a   Friedman, Michael C ^a   McGillivray, Shannon ^a   Link, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory; Metamemory; Self regulated study; Value directed remembering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881254917     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030678     Document Type: Article

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