Do Age-Related Increases in Tip-of-the-Tongue Experiences Signify Episodic Memory Impairments?

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2489-2497

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a   Mandell, Arielle R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive ability; knowledge; memory; tip of the tongue

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890318087     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613495881     Document Type: Article

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