What Do Infants Recall of Their Lives? Memory for Specific Events by One- to Two-Year-Olds

American Psychologist

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-41

  Bauer, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0029689746     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.51.1.29     Document Type: Article

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