Can survival processing enhance story memory? Testing the generalizability of the adaptive memory framework

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1045-1056

  Seamon, John G ^a   Bohn, Justin M ^a   Coddington, Inslee E ^a   Ebling, Maritza C ^a   Grund, Ethan M ^a   Haring, Catherine T ^a   Jang, Sue Jung ^a   Kim, Daniel ^a   Liong, Christopher ^a   Paley, Frances M ^a   Pang, Luke K ^a   Siddique, Ashik H ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive memory; Survival processing; Word and story recall

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; THINKING; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871705103     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027090     Document Type: Article

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