Functions of autobiographical memory in Taiwanese and American emerging adults

Memory

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 423-436

  Liao, Hsiao Wen ^a   Bluck, Susan ^a   Alea, Nicole ^b   Cheng, Ching Ling ^c  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Culture; Function; Self continuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959890796     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1015572     Document Type: Article

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