New Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory: The Integration of Narrative Processing and Autobiographical Reasoning

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-99

  Singer, Jefferson A ^a   Bluck, Susan ^b,c  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0010066662     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.5.2.91     Document Type: Article

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