On the Form of Forgetting

Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 409-415

  Wixted, John T ^a   Ebbesen, Ebbe B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84970105268     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1991.tb00175.x     Document Type: Article

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