The best of both worlds: Emotional cues improve prospective memory execution and reduce repetition errors

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 357-375

  May, Cynthia P ^a   Manning, Michelle ^a   Einstein, Gilles O ^b   Becker, Lauren ^a   Owens, Max ^a  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; emotion; monitoring; prospective memory; repetition errors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HABIT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUES; EMOTIONS; HABITS; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923350270     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2014.952263     Document Type: Article

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