Does the nature of the experience influence suggestibility? A study of children's event memory

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 502-530

  Gobbo, Camilla ^a   Mega, Carolina ^a   Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Encoding; Event memory; Memory development; Misinformation; Modality; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SUGGESTION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUGGESTION;

EID: 0036546215     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2002.2662     Document Type: Article

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