Memory for the events of early childhood

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 46-48

  Eacott, Madeline J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Childhood amnesia; Declarative memory; Episodic memory; Infantile amnesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033410146     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00011     Document Type: Article

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