Memory systems and the psychoanalytic retrieval of memories of trauma

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1165-1187

  Brenneis, C Brooks ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; MEMORY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL;

EID: 0030478194     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000306519604400409     Document Type: Article

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