Remembering, forgetting, and the effects of trauma on memory: A developmental psychopathology perspective

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 589-605

  Toth, Sheree L ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INJURY; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032150629     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579498001771     Document Type: Article

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