What can subjective forgetting tell us about memory for childhood trauma?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1011-1025

  Ghetti, Simona ^a,b   Edelstein, Robin S ^a   Goodman, Gail S ^a,c   Cordòn, Ingrid M ^d   Quas, Jodi A ^e   Alexander, Kristen Weede ^f   Redlich, Allison D ^g   Jones, David P H ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33750830969     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193248     Document Type: Article

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