What's recalled depends on the nature of the recall procedure: The case of mnemic neglect

Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-102

  Newman, Leonard S ^a   Sapolsky, Maxwell S ^a   Tang, Ying ^a   Bakina, Daria A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Psychological defense; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899119347     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000164     Document Type: Article

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