Absorption, Dissociation, and Fantasy-Proneness as Predictors of Memory Distortion in Autobiographical and Laboratory-Generated Memories

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages

  Platt, Richard D ^a   Lacey, Steven C ^a   Iobst, Adam D ^a   Finkelman, David ^a  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0002231477     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199812)12:73.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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