Autobiographical memory from a life span perspective

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-85

  Schroots, Johannes J F ^a   Van Dijkum, Cor ^b   Assink, Marian H J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 2542504515     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/7A1A-8HCE-0FD9-7CTX     Document Type: Review

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