On the Plasticity of the Survival Processing Effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1553-1562

  Kroneisen, Meike ^a   Erdfelder, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Memory; Recall; Survival processing effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82155179240     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024493     Document Type: Article

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