Magic memories: Young children's verbal recall after a 6-year delay

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-172

  Jack, Fiona ^a   Simcock, Gabrielle ^b   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAGIC; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGIC; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84856248279     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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