Extending the Study of Autobiographical Memory: Thinking Back about Life Across the Life Span

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-147

  Bluck, Susan ^a,c   Habermas, Tilmann ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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

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EID: 0012482683     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.5.2.135     Document Type: Article

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