Adaptive memory: Stereotype activation is not enough

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1033-1041

  Otgaar, Henry ^a   Smeets, Tom ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Jelicic, Marko ^a   Verschuere, Bruno ^a,b   Galliot, Anne Marie ^a   van Riel, Laura ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive memory; Evolution; Memory; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STEREOTYPING; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055042236     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0091-2     Document Type: Article

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