Involuntary autobiographical memories in and outside the laboratory: How different are they from voluntary autobiographical memories?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 920-932

  Schlagman, Simone ^a   Kvavilashvili, Lia ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LABORATORIES; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; VOLITION;

EID: 46449090977     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.36.5.920     Document Type: Article

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