Involuntary Memories of Emotional Events: Do Memories of Traumas and Extremely Happy Events Differ?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 7 SPEC. ISS., 2001, Pages

  Berntsen, Dorthe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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EID: 0001212633     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.838     Document Type: Article

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