Individual differences in the accuracy of autobiographical memory

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 168-176

  Horselenberg, Robert ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   van Breukelen, Gerard ^a   Wessel, Ineke ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER; WRITING;

EID: 6944221268     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.400     Document Type: Article

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