Children's metamemory about the influence of conceptual relations on recall

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-29

  O'Sullivan, Julia T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; RECALL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030163104     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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