A test of the survival processing advantage in implicit and explicit memory tests

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 862-871

  McBride, Dawn M ^a   Thomas, Brandon J ^a   Zimmerman, Corinne ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Implicit memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; SURVIVAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880717997     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0304-y     Document Type: Article

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