Memory distortion: Can accurate memory be preserved?

Psychological Record

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Winkelspecht, Susan M ^b   Mowrer, Robert R ^a  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033469383     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395311     Document Type: Article

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