What Psychologists Know and Believe about Memory: A Survey of Practitioners

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-60

  Magnussen, Svein ^a   Melinder, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84856019165     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1795     Document Type: Article

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