Recovering memories of trauma: A view from the laboratory

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-35

  McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Recovered memories; Repression; Sexual abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037970111     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.01217     Document Type: Review

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