False memories about food can lead to food avoidance

Social Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-34

  Bernstein, Daniel M ^a   Laney, Cara ^b   Morris, Erin K ^b   Loftus, Elizabeth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 16644396008     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.23.1.11.59195     Document Type: Article

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