Childhood amnesia in children and adolescents: Their earliest memories

Memory

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 622-637

  Peterson, Carole ^a   Grant, Valerie V ^a   Boland, Lesley D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BOY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PARENT; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AMNESIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24344482087     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210444000278     Document Type: Article

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