Prospective memory and aging: Evidence for preserved spontaneous retrieval with exact but not related cues

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 910-922

  Mullet, Hillary G ^a   Scullin, Michael K ^a   Hess, Theodore J ^a   Scullin, Rachel B ^a   Arnold, Kathleen M ^a   Einstein, Gilles O ^a  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Goal fulf; Intention interference; Involuntary memory; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891087085     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034347     Document Type: Article

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