Retrospective memory bias for the frequency of potentially traumatic events: A prospective study

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-170

  Lalande, Kathleen M ^a   Bonanno, George A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

memory; self enhancement; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959404044     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020847     Document Type: Article

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