The relation between verbal and visuospatial memory and autobiographical memory

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-23

  Janssen, Steve M J ^a   Kristo, Gert ^b   Rouw, Romke ^c   Murre, Jaap M J ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aging; Autobiographical memory; Cognitive abilities; Cognitive aging; Episodic memory; Reminiscence bump

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CUES; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL LEARNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908441308     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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