"The people I grew up with": The role of sociodemographic factors in early memories in an Italian sample

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-197

  Artioli, Federica ^a   Cicogna, Pera Carla ^b   Occhionero, Miranda ^b   Reese, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood amnesia; Earliest memory; Early reminiscing; Family structure; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856831137     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2011.651090     Document Type: Article

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