What we remember and what we tell: The effects of culture and self-priming on memory representations and narratives

Memory

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 594-606

  Wang, Qi ^a   Ross, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THINKING; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NARRATION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24344485455     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210444000223     Document Type: Article

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