The puzzle of inconsistent age-related declines in prospective memory: A multiprocess explanation

Prospective Memory: Cognitive, Neuroscience, Developmental, and Applied Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 141-160

  McDaniel, Mark A ^a   Einstein, Gilles O ^b   Rendell, Peter G ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84920418944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809945     Document Type: Chapter

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