Early Reminiscing in Cultural Contexts: Cultural Models, Maternal Reminiscing Styles, and Children's Memories

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-34

  Schröder, Lisa ^a   Keller, Heidi ^a   Kärtner, Joscha ^a   Kleis, Astrid ^a   Abels, Monika ^a   Yovsi, Relindis D ^a   Chaudhary, Nandita ^b   Jensen, Henning ^c   Papaligoura, Zaira ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVERSATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; ORIENTATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872424755     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2011.638690     Document Type: Article

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