Is It Possible to Discriminate True from False Memories?

Recovered Memories: Seeking the Middle Ground

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 153-174

  Davies, Graham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content based credibility analysis; Reality monitoring; Truth or falsity of recovered memories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948117743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470013486.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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