The reminiscence bump reconsidered: Children's prospective life stories show a bump in young adulthood

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-202

  Bohn, Annette ^a   Berntsen, Dorthe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

autobiographical memory; cultural life scripts; future life story; past and future mental time travel; reminiscence bump

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENMARK; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC; CHILD; CUES; CULTURE; DENMARK; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 79952065845     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610395394     Document Type: Article

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