Eliciting adults' earliest memories: Does it matter how we ask the question?

Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 647-663

  Jack, Fiona ^a   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547541824     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210701467087     Document Type: Article

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