The peaks of life: The differential temporal locations of the reminiscence bump across disparate cueing methods

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-80

  Koppel, Jonathan ^a   Berntsen, Dorthe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Cultural life script; Important memories; Reminiscence bump; Word cued memories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922910885     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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