Individual Differences Related to Two Types of Memory Errors: Word Lists May Not Generalize to Autobiographical Memory

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages

  Wilkinson, Carol ^a   Hyman Jr , Ira E ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0012908716     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199812)12:73.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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