Age-related changes in frequency of mind-wandering and task-related interferences during memory encoding and their impact on retrieval

Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 818-831

  Maillet, David ^a   Rajah, M Natasha ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Attention; Memory; Mind wandering; Task related interference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PLEASURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); THINKING; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887999249     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.761714     Document Type: Article

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