Just tell us what happened to you: Autobiographical memory and seeking asylum

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 661-676

  Herlihy, Jane ^a,b,d   Jobson, Laura ^c   Turner, Stuart ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Trauma Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECEPTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEAR; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; REFUGEE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84866449743     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2852     Document Type: Article

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