On the cultural constitution of collective memory

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-317

  Wang, Qi ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COGNITION; COLLECTIVE MEMORY; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; EMOTION; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LIFE EVENT; LIFESPAN; MEMORY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40649115757     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210701801467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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