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Original Articles

Extreme Cognitive Interviewing: A Blueprint for False Memories Through Imagination Inflation

Kognitives Interview ad extremum : Ein Bauplan für Falscherinnerungen durch Imaginationsinflation

Wayne G. Whitehouse, Emily Carota Orne und David F. Dinges

L'entretien cognitif extrême :un modèle pour l'obtention de faux souvenirs par l'inflation de l'imagination

Wayne G. Whitehouse, Emily Carota Orne et David F. Dinges

Entrevista cognitiva extrema: Un modelo de falsos recuerdos debidos a la inflación de la imaginación

Wayne G. Whitehouse, Emily Carota Orne, y David F. Dinges

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Pages 269-287 | Received 22 Sep 2009, Accepted 01 Oct 2009, Published online: 25 May 2010

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