Defining the Boundary: Age-Related Changes in Childhood Amnesia

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1049-1061

  Tustin, Karen ^a   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Childhood amnesia; Children; Episodic memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; AMNESIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956788240     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020105     Document Type: Article

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