Does overgeneral autobiographical memory result from poor memory for task instructions?

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 669-677

  Yanes, Paula K ^a   Roberts, John E ^a   Carlos, Erica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; OVERGENERAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 52649119821     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802135351     Document Type: Article

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