Adaptive memory: The comparative value of Survival processing: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-180

  Nairne, James S ^a,b   Pandeirada, Josefa N S ^a   Thompson, Sarah R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MEMORY; SURVIVAL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 38949107966     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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