Assumptions of Infantile Amnesia: Are There Differences between Early and Later Memories?

Memory

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-278

  West, Tiffany A ^b   Bauer, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033122432     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096582199387913     Document Type: Article

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