The survey of autobiographical memory (SAM): A novel measure of trait mnemonics in everyday life

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1526-1540

  Palombo, Daniela J ^a,b   Williams, Lynne J ^a   Abdi, Hervé ^c   Levine, Brian ^a,b,d  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Declarative memory; Questionnaire; Recollection; Trait memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878938181     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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