Recollections of True and False Autobiographical Memories

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-95

  Conway, Martin A ^a   Collins, Alan F ^b,c   Gathercole, Susan E ^a   Anderson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030530835     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.125.1.69     Document Type: Article

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