Traumatic memory is special

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 154-157

  Nadel, Lynn ^a   Jacobs, W Jake ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 0032173335     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep10836842     Document Type: Article

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