Children's memory reports over time: Getting both better and worse

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-293

  Peterson, Carole ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Child memory; Eyewitness memory; Hypermnesia; Memory; Narrative detail; Reminiscence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953027946     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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