A tale of three functions: The self-reported uses of autobiographical memory

Social Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-117

  Bluck, Susan ^a,d   Alea, Nicole ^a   Habermas, Tilmann ^b   Rubin, David C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Psychology   (United States)

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EID: 16644402937     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.23.1.91.59198     Document Type: Article

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