Towards a psychology of collective memory

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-200

  Hirst, William ^a   Manier, David ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COLLECTIVE MEMORY; COMMUNITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 40649099394     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210701811912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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