Enhancing children's event recall after long delays

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  La Rooy, David ^a,c   Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^a   Murray, Janice E ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33846360058     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1272     Document Type: Article

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