Self-initiated use of thought substitution can lead to long term forgetting

Psychologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Hotta, Chie ^a   Kawaguchi, Jun ^b  

^a Shoin Higashi Women's Junior College   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intentional Suppression; Long term Forgetting; Self initiated thought substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549097971     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2009.41     Document Type: Article

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