Narratives distinguish experienced from imagined childhood events

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-80

  Krackow, Elisa ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; RECALL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NARRATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 77951898405     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.123.1.0071     Document Type: Article

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