Things learned in early adulthood are remembered best

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-19

  Rubin, David C ^a   Rahhal, Tamara A ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REVIEW; SPORT;

EID: 0031892407     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211366     Document Type: Review

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