The onset of childhood amnesia in childhood: A prospective investigation of the course and determinants of forgetting of early-life events

Memory

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 907-924

  Bauer, Patricia J ^a   Larkina, Marina ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Childhood amnesia; Long term memory; Maternal style; Narrative

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMNESIA; CHILD; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGING; AMNESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MOTHERS; NARRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84908495012     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2013.854806     Document Type: Article

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