From Computer to Compost: Rethinking Our Metaphors for Memory

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 611-633

  Randall, William L ^a  

^a St Thomas University   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; autobiographical memory; computationalism; gerontology; metaphor; narrative; organicism; story

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349001252     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354307081619     Document Type: Article

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