Age-related differences in memory after attending to distinctiveness or similarity during learning

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-169

  Carr, Valerie A ^a,b   Castel, Alan D ^a   Knowlton, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; distinctiveness; learning strategy; memory; recollection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918796999     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2014.898735     Document Type: Article

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