Physiological Stress Responses and Children's Event Memory

Emotion in Memory and Development: Biological, Cognitive, and Social Considerations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wallin, Allison R ^a   Quas, Jodi A ^a   Yim, Ilona S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Children's memory; Memory; Physiological stress response; Stressful events

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867080953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326932.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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