Intentional forgetting diminishes memory for continuous events

Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 675-694

  Fawcett, Jonathan M ^a   Taylor, Tracy L ^a   Nadel, Lynn ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Events; Intentional forgetting; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880954396     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.748078     Document Type: Article

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