Using hypnosis in eyewitness memory: Past and current issues

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume I: Memory for Events

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 321-338

  Mazzoni, Giuliana ^a   Lynn, Jay Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315086309-13     Document Type: Chapter

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