Aging and memory for self-performed tasks: Effects of task difficulty and time pressure

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Earles, Julie L ^a   Kersten, Alan W ^a   Mas, Beverley Berlin ^a   Miccio, Dana M ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 9644281404     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/59.6.P285     Document Type: Article

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