Improving everyday prospective memory performance in older adults: Comparing cognitive process and strategy training

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 744-755

  Brom, Sarah Susanne ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Executive control; Implementation intentions; Medical adherence behavior; Old age; Prospective memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; TRAINING; VERY ELDERLY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84921806159     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037181     Document Type: Article

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