Planting False Childhood Memories: The Role of Event Plausibility

Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 437-441

  Pezdek, Kathy ^a   Finger, Kimberly ^b   Hodge, Danelle ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039556209     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00457.x     Document Type: Article

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