Forgetting and remembering in psychology: Commentary on Paul Connerton's 'seven types of forgetting' (2008)

Memory Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-278

  Erdelyi, Hugh Matthew ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Decay; Defense; Interference; Oblivescence; Reminiscence

Indexed keywords

EID: 48549095992     PISSN: 17506980     EISSN: 17506999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750698008093792     Document Type: Note

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