Age and gender effects in the cultural life script of Japanese adults

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 307-321

  Janssen, Steve M J ^a,b   Uemiya, Ai ^b   Naka, Makiko ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Autobiographical memory; Cultural life script; Culture; Reminiscence bump

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JAPANESE; LIFE; LIFE SCRIPT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; GROUPS BY AGE; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARRIAGE; MEMORY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RECALL; AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84897576862     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2014.892493     Document Type: Article

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