Playing the flashbulb memory game: A comment on Cubelli and Della Sala

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 352-355

  Curci, Antonietta ^a   Conway, Martin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NOTE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EIDETIC IMAGERY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84872145483     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.05.004     Document Type: Note

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