"Family Stories" and Their Implications for Preschoolers' Memories of Personal Events

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-504

  Larkina, Marina ^a   Bauer, Patricia J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAMILY STORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL;

EID: 84866469902     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2011.591295     Document Type: Article

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