A Study of Gender Differences in Autobiographical Memory: Broken Down by Age and Sex

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-71

  Rubin, David C ^a   Schulkind, Matthew D ^b   Rahhal, Tamara A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Autobiographical; Gender; Memory; Reminiscence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033450154     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021676309064     Document Type: Article

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