Short-term memory for time in children and adults: A behavioral study and a model

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 246-264

  Droit Volet, Sylvie ^a   Wearden, John ^b   Delgado Yonger, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Memory; Short term memory; Time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447284795     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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