The Influence of Suggestions on Children's Reports of a Unique Experience versus an Instance of a Repeated Experience

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-223

  Connolly, Deborah A ^a   Lindsay, D Stephen ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001135191     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0720(200103/04)15:2<205::AID-ACP698>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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