Autobiographical memory

Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 893-909

  Conway, M A ^a   Williams, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical knowledge; Conceptual self; Episodic memory; Images; Self images; Self defining memory; Vividness; Working self

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952886299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370509-9.00135-2     Document Type: Chapter

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