Reconstruction methods: Using episodic memory traces to capture experiences at work efficiently

A Day in the Life of a Happy Worker

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 100-113

  Hertel, Guido ^a   Stamov Roßnagel, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84905772621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203078990     Document Type: Chapter

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