Does providing props during preparation help children to remember a novel event?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-116

  Salmon, Karen ^a   Yao, Joanna ^a   Berntsen, Oriana ^a   Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Memory; Misinformation; Preparation; Props

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL;

CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34247569816     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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