Testing the accuracy of the retrospective recall method used in expertise research

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 931-941

  Howard, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Chess; Expertise; Retrospective recall method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RECREATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 81255150554     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0120-x     Document Type: Article

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