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14 - Self-images and autobiographical memory in memory impairment

from Part IV - Autobiographical memory, identity, and psychological well-being

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

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Clare J. Rathbone  and
Chris J. A. Moulin
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Lynn A. Watson  and
Dorthe Berntsen
Lynn A. Watson
Affiliation:
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Dorthe Berntsen
Affiliation:
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
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Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory , pp. 291 - 315
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Print publication year: 2015

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