The role of need for cognitive closure in retrieval-induced forgeting and misinformation efects in eyewitness memory

Social Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 337-359

  Pica, Gennaro ^a   Pierro, Antonio ^a   Bélanger, Jocelyn J ^b   Kruglanski, Arie W ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84907993047     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2014.32.4.337     Document Type: Article

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