Infantile amnesia across the years: A 2-year follow-up of children's earliest memories

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1092-1105

  Peterson, Carole ^a   Warren, Kelly L ^a   Short, Megan M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960182459     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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