Adaptive memory: Fitness relevance and the hunter-gatherer mind

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 740-746

  Nairne, James S ^a,b   Pandeirada, Josefa N S ^c   Gregory, Karie J ^b   Van Arsdall, Joshua E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 66649135344     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02356.x     Document Type: Article

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