Living in history: How war, terrorism, and natural disaster affect the organization of autobiographical memory: Research Report

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-405

  Brown, Norman R ^a   Lee, Peter J ^a   Krslak, Mirna ^a   Conrad, Frederick G ^b   G b Hansen, Tia ^c   Havelka, Jelena ^d   Reddon, John R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e ALBERTA HOSPITAL EDMONTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADULT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; TERRORISM; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249168540     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02307.x     Document Type: Article

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