(Induced) Forgetting to form a collective memory

Memory Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 314-327

  Stone, Charles B ^a   Hirst, William ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

collective forgetting; collective memory; retrieval induced forgetting; silence; social construction; social shared

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902466440     PISSN: 17506980     EISSN: 17506999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750698014530621     Document Type: Article

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