Memory and comprehension for health information among older adults: Distinguishing the effects of domain-general and domain-specific knowledge

Memory

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 577-589

  Chin, Jessie ^a   Payne, Brennan ^a   Gao, Xuefei ^a   Conner Garcia, Thembi ^b   Graumlich, James F ^b   Murray, Michael D ^c   Morrow, Daniel G ^a   Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ageing; Health care; Knowledge; Reading comprehension; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; RECALL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; READING;

EID: 84924091439     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2014.912331     Document Type: Article

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