Knowing in advance: The impact of prior event information on memory and event knowledge

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 244-263

  Sutherland, Rachel ^a   Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^b   Schick, Katherine ^a   Murray, Janice ^a   Gobbo, Camilla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Event representation; Knowledge and memory; Memory development; Preparation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES;

EID: 0037481700     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0965(03)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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