Exploring early self-referential memory effects through ownership

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-301

  Cunningham, Sheila J ^a   Vergunst, Francis ^b   Macrae, C Neil ^b   Turk, David J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; THEORY OF MIND;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; OWNERSHIP; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84881118408     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12005     Document Type: Article

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