Why am I remembering this now? Predicting the occurrence of involuntary (Spontaneous) episodic memories

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 426-444

  Berntsen, Dorthe ^a   Staugaard, Søren Risløv ^a   Sørensen, Louise Maria Torp ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memories; Intrusive memories; Involuntary episodic memories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879244170     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029128     Document Type: Article

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