The re-emergence of memory recovery: Return of seduction theory and birth of survivorship

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-142

  Hult, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Controversy; History of psychiatry; Knowledge; Memory; Recovered memories

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644423539     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695105051129     Document Type: Article

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