Knowledge of memory functions in European and Asian American adults and children: The relation to autobiographical memory

Memory

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-38

  Wang, Qi ^a   Koh, Jessie Bee Kim ^a   Song, Qingfang ^a   Hou, Yubo ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Culture; Knowledge of memory functions; Memory function; Meta autobiographical memory; Metamemory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921310985     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2014.930495     Document Type: Article

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