Narration and vividness as measures of event-specificity in autobiographical memory

Discourse Processes

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-209

  Nelson, Kristin L ^a   Moskovitz, Damian J ^b   Steiner, Hans ^c  

^a MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 42149168532     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638530701792891     Document Type: Article

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