Childhood amnesia: Empirical evidence for a two-stage phenomenon

Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 831-844

  Jack, Fiona ^a   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Childhood amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

AGE FACTORS; AMNESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649694423     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.510476     Document Type: Article

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