Mistakes as stepping stones: Effects of errors on episodic memory among younger and older adults

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 841-850

  Cyr, Andrée Ann ^a,b   Anderson, Nicole D ^a,b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Episodic memory; Errorless learning; Generation; Trial and error learning

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; AGING; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946158085     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000073     Document Type: Article

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