Children Remember Childhood: Implications for Childhood Amnesia

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 455-473

  Fivush, Robyn ^a   Schwarzmueller, April ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001108967     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199810)12:5<455::aid-acp534>3.3.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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