Are Asians forgetful? Perception, retention, and recall in episodic remembering

Cognition

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-131

  Wang, Qi ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Culture; Episodic memory; Event segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849101045     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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