The effects of thoughts of survival and thoughts of death on recall in the adaptive memory paradigm

Memory

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-75

  Klein, Stanley B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive memory; Death; Evolution; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891345756     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.740486     Document Type: Article

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