The Ups and Downs of Memory

American Psychologist

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 623-633

  Erdelyi, Matthew Hugh ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Hypermnesia; Memory recovery; Oblivescence forgetting; Reminiscence

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; TIME;

AMNESIA; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957340894     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020440     Document Type: Article

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