Autobiographical Memory and the Narrative Self over the Life Span

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 477-498

  Birren, James E ^a   Schroots, Johannes J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012101264-9/50024-0     Document Type: Chapter

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