Culture, memory, and the self: An analysis of the personal and collective self in long-term memory

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 468-475

  Wagar, Brandon M ^a   Cohen, Dov ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Collectivism; Culture; Independence; Individualism; Interdependence; Long term memory; Self; Self concept; Self reference effect; Self schema

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141686875     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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