The roles of prior experience and the timing of misinformation presentation on young children's event memories

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1137-1152

  Roberts, Kim P ^a   Powell, Martine B ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; SUGGESTION; TIME;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REALITY TESTING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUGGESTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547144277     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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