Cognitive underpinnings of recovered memories of childhood abuse

Nebraska Symposium on Motivation

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-191

  Geraerts, Elke ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive mechanisms; False memories; Recovered memory; Suppression

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECALL; REVIEW; SUGGESTION;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SUGGESTION;

EID: 84857671606     PISSN: 01467875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1195-6_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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