Adult age differences, response management, and cue focality in event-based prospective memory: A meta-analysis on the role of task order specificity

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 714-720

  Ihle, Andreas ^a   Hering, Alexandra ^a   Mahy, Caitlin E V ^a   Bisiacchi, Patrizia S ^b   Kliegel, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age effects; Dual task; Meta analysis; Prospective memory; Task switching

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ORIENTING RESPONSE; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; SENESCENCE; TASK ORDER SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884306688     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033653     Document Type: Article

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