Are survival processing memory advantages based on ancestral priorities?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 564-569

  Soderstrom, Nicholas C ^a   McCabe, David P ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Memory; Recall; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SURVIVAL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052885983     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0060-6     Document Type: Article

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