Predictors of accurate and inaccurate memories of traumatic events experienced in childhood

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 1994, Pages 269-294

  Goodman, Gail S ^a   Quas, Jodi A ^a   Batterman Faunce, Jennifer M ^b   Riddlesberger, M M ^c   Kuhn, Jerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0001509789     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ccog.1994.1016     Document Type: Article

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