The role of motives in the content and structure of autobiographical memory

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 600-612

  Woike, Barbara ^a   Gershkovich, Irina ^b   Piorkowski, Rebecca ^b   Polo, Marilyn ^b  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION;

AUTOBIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION;

EID: 0033112990     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.4.600     Document Type: Article

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