The Structure of Autobiographical Memory and the Event History Calendar: Potential Improvements in the Quality of Retrospective Reports in Surveys

Memory

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-406

  Belli, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032128574     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/741942610     Document Type: Article

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