Personality traits and autobiographical memory: Openness is positively related to the experience and usage of recollections

Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 774-786

  Rasmussen, Anne S ^a   Berntsen, Dorthe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957235161     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.514270     Document Type: Article

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