The nature of infantile amnesia

Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 287-297

  Howe, M L ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Developmental neuroscience; Episodic memory; Infantile amnesia; Memory across species

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EID: 84921636399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370509-9.00049-8     Document Type: Chapter

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