Telling Stories: Psychologists, Children and the Production of ‘False Memories’

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-309

  Burman, Erica ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child reliability; false memories; psychological stories; sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642306813     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354397073001     Document Type: Article

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