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Original Articles

Shifting Self, Shifting Memory: Testing the Self-Memory System Model With Hypnotic Identity Delusions

Das Selbst verändern, die Erinnerung verändern : Die Testung des Selbsterinnerungs-System-Modells mit hypnotischen Täuschungen

Rochelle E. Cox und Amanda J. Barnier

Modification du moi, modification de la mémoire : Examen du modèle de système de mémoire autobiographique avec illusions d'identité sous hypnose

Rochelle E. Cox et Amanda J. Barnier

Cambiando al yo, cambiando la memoria: Evaluando el Modelo del Sistema de Memoria del Yo con delirios hipnóticos de identidad

Rochelle E. Cox y Amanda J. Barnier

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Pages 416-462 | Received 17 Sep 2012, Accepted 02 Nov 2012, Published online: 19 Aug 2013

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