Adaptive memory: Is survival processing special?

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-385

  Nairne, James S ^a   Pandeirada, Josefa N S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Memory; Recall; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849144026     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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