Self-protective memory: Separation/integration as a mechanism for mnemic neglect

Social Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 612-624

  Pinter, Brad ^a   Green, Jeffrey D ^b   Sedikides, Constantine ^c   Gregg, Aiden P ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052743643     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2011.29.5.612     Document Type: Article

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