When Children's Knowledge of Memory Improves Children's Performance in Memory

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 244-252

  Geurten, Marie ^a   Catale, Corinne ^a   Meulemans, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84924758929     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.3102     Document Type: Article

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