Memory's malleability: its role in shaping collective memory and social identity

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Brown, Adam D ^a   Kouri, Nicole ^a   Hirst, William ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84867130505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00257     Document Type: Article

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