Attachment-Related Biases in Adolescents' Memory

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2185-2201

  Dykas, Matthew J ^a   Woodhouse, Susan S ^b   Jones, Jason D ^c   Cassidy, Jude ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84912534203     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12268     Document Type: Article

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