Recalling more childhood events leads to judgments of poorer memory: Implications for the recovered/false memory debate

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 318-323

  Belli, Robert F ^a   Winkielman, Piotr ^a   Read, J Don ^b   Schwarz, Norbert ^a   Lynn, Steven Jay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000347317     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212958     Document Type: Article

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