Effects of Drawing on Children's Item Recall

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-177

  Davison, Laura E ^a   Thomas, Glyn V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's drawing; Event memory; Eyewitness testimony; Memory cueing; Memory development; Multiple recall attempts; Object memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 0035257059     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2000.2567     Document Type: Article

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