Low perceived control as a risk factor for episodic memory: the mediational role of anxiety and task interference.
Low perceived control is considered a risk factor for poor cognitive functioning, but the mechanisms are unclear. The goal of the present study was to analyze anxiety and task interference as sequential mediators of the association between control beliefs and episodic memory. Cognitive-specific cont...
| Publicado en: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 287 - 297 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2012
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