Autobiographical Memory Functions Served by Multiple Event Types

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-195

  Waters, Theodore E A ^a   Bauer, Patricia J ^a   Fivush, Robyn ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895522479     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2976     Document Type: Article

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