Children show heightened memory for threatening social actions

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-110

  Baltazar, Nicole C ^a   Shutts, Kristin ^b   Kinzler, Katherine D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive development; Memory; Negativity bias; Social cognition; Threat perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84858156409     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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