Emotion knowledge and autobiographical memory across the preschool years: A cross-cultural longitudinal investigation

Cognition

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-135

  Wang, Qi ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Culture; Emotion knowledge; Memory development

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44249084176     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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