Do, Show, and Tell: Children's Event Memories Acquired through Direct Experience, Observation, and Stories

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3029-3044

  Murachver, Tamar ^a   Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^a   Gordon, Rachael ^a   Owens, J Laurence ^a   Fivush, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030328546     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01901.x     Document Type: Article

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