Intentional forgetting: Note-taking as a naturalistic example

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-246

  Eskritt, Michelle ^a   Ma, Sierra ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Directed forgetting; Memory; Mnemonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893613697     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0362-1     Document Type: Article

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