Not all semantics: Similarities and differences in reminiscing function and content between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

Memory

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-98

  Nile, Emma ^a   Van Bergen, Penny ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Culture; Indigenous Australian; Oral tradition; Reminiscing function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921261698     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2014.931973     Document Type: Article

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