Do better stories make better memories? Narrative quality and memory accuracy in preschool children

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-38

  Kulkofsky, Sarah ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Ceci, Stephen J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKILL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 38449108565     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1326     Document Type: Article

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