Cognitive mechanisms underlying recovered-memory experiences of childhood sexual abuse

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-98

  Geraerts, Elke ^a,b   Lindsay, D Stephen ^c   Merckelbach, Harald ^b   Jelicic, Marko ^b   Raymaekers, Linsey ^b   Arnold, Michelle M ^a   Schooler, Jonathan W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SUGGESTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRESSION; SEMANTICS; SUGGESTION;

EID: 58149301565     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02247.x     Document Type: Article

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