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My memory: A study of autobiographical memory over six years

Willem A Wagenaar
- 01 Apr 1986 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 2, pp 225-252
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Norman and Rumelhart as discussed by the authors described a study on the recall of 2400 events from the author's daily life, recorded during a period of 6 years, and all events were recorded by means of four aspects, viz., what the event was, who was involved, and where and when it happened.
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This article is published in Cognitive Psychology.The article was published on 1986-04-01. It has received 628 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Recall & Autobiographical memory.

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