When true memories suppress false memories: Effects of ageing

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-5, 1999, Pages 399-415

  Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a   Schacter, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000711954     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432999380852     Document Type: Article

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