The reminiscence bump in the temporal distribution of the best football players of all time: Pelé, Cruijff or Maradona?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-178

  Janssen, Steve M J ^a,b   Rubin, David ^a,c   Conway, Martin ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Autobiographical memory; Episodic memory; Identity; Reminiscence bump

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859343380     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.606372     Document Type: Article

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