Reminiscence bump and contents of autobiographical memory in Japanese elders

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-341

  Maki, Youichi ^a   Naka, Makiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Contents of memory; Cue word method; Elders; Reminiscence bump

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047272541     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.77.333     Document Type: Article

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