Adaptive memory: Enhanced location memory after survival processing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 495-501

  Nairne, James S ^a   VanArsdall, Joshua E ^a   Pandeirada, Josefa N S ^b   Blunt, Janell R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Evolution; Memory; Spatial location; Survival processing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84863596016     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025728     Document Type: Article

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