Adaptive Memory: Survival Processing Increases Both True and False Memory in Adults and Children

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1010-1016

  Otgaar, Henry ^a   Smeets, Tom ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive memory; Development; DRM; False memories

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRESSION; SEMANTICS; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954157132     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019402     Document Type: Article

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