Motivated forgetting: forgetting what we want to forget

Groome, D.H., Eysenck, M.W. and Law, R. 2020. Motivated forgetting: forgetting what we want to forget. in: Eysenck, M.W. and Groome, D.H. (ed.) Forgetting: Explaining Memory Failure Sage. pp. 147-168

Chapter titleMotivated forgetting: forgetting what we want to forget
AuthorsGroome, D.H., Eysenck, M.W. and Law, R.
EditorsEysenck, M.W. and Groome, D.H.
Book titleForgetting: Explaining Memory Failure
Page range147-168
Year2020
PublisherSage
Publication dates
Published07 Sep 2020
ISBN9781526468499
9781526468505
Web address (URL)https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/forgetting/book262905

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