The Construction of False Events in Memory

Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-116

  Pezdek, Kathy ^a   Hinz, Tiffany ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; False memory syndrome foundation; Memory; Participants; Sexual abuse perpetrators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948966322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713679.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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