The reminiscence bump in autobiographical memory: Effects of age, gender, education, and culture

Memory

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 658-668

  Janssen, Steve M J ^a   Chessa, Antonio G ^a   Murre, Jaap M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MEMORY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CUES; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 24344491107     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210444000322     Document Type: Article

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