Emotion-oriented reminiscing and children's recall of a novel event

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 991-1007

  van Bergen, Penny ^a,b   Salmon, Karen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Emotion; Experimental design; Memory development; Reminiscing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; ZOO ANIMAL;

EID: 77956143225     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903093326     Document Type: Article

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