Autobiographical memory, self, and culture

Memory and Society: Psychological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 9-28

  Wang, Qi ^a   Conway, Martin A ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203086254     Document Type: Chapter

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