Imagination and memory: Does imagining implausible events lead to false autobiographical memories?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 764-769

  Pezdek, Kathy ^a   Blandon Gitlin, Iris ^b   Gabbay, Pamela ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847660008     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193994     Document Type: Review

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