Elaborative talk during and after an event: Conversational style influences children's memory reports

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 188-209

  Hedrick, Amy M ^a   Haden, Catherine A ^b   Ornstein, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPING; CHILD; CONVERSATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 70349088193     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370903155841     Document Type: Article

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