I'll keep you in mind: The intimacy function of autobiographical memory

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1091-1111

  Alea, Nicole ^a   Bluck, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

EID: 37349050627     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1316     Document Type: Article

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