Compelling memory illusions: The qualitative characteristics of false memories

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 56-60

  Payne, David G ^a   Neuschatz, Jeffrey S ^a   Lampinen, James M ^a   Lynn, Steven Jay ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031165380     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep11512653     Document Type: Article

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