To have and to hold: Episodic memory in 3- and 4-year-old children

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-132

  Scarf, Damian ^a   Gross, Julien ^a   Colombo, Michael ^a   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Childhood amnesia; Episodic memory; Planning; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84872659460     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21004     Document Type: Article

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