False memory in children: Data, theory, and legal implications

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

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 479-508

  Reyna, Valerie F ^a   Mills, Britain ^a   Estrada, Steven ^a   Brainerd, Charles J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315086309-20     Document Type: Chapter

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