How to Tell If a Particular Memory Is True or False

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 370-374

  Bernstein, Daniel M ^a   Loftus, Elizabeth F ^b  

^a KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84993735957     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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