Narrative organisation at encoding facilitated children's long-term episodic memory

Memory

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 602-611

  Wang, Qi ^a   Bui, Van Kim ^a   Song, Qingfang ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding; Episodic memory; Memory accuracy; Narrative organisation

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NARRATION;

EID: 84924168844     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2014.914229     Document Type: Article

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