Transactive Memory Systems: A Mechanistic Analysis of Emergent Group Memory

Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-89

  Theiner, Georg ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874802713     PISSN: 18785158     EISSN: 18785166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13164-012-0128-x     Document Type: Article

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