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Roles of Age and Familiarity in Learning Health Information.
- Source :
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Educational Gerontology . Sep 2002 28(8):695-710. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Younger (n=40) and older (n=40) adults received information on either familiar or unfamiliar diseases and answered questions about it. Older adults learned less regardless of familiarity or type of memory test. Both older and younger participants learned less new information about familiar diseases. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0360-1277
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Educational Gerontology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ653236
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research