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Original Articles

Accurate, inaccurate and omitted details in collective emotional memories: The case of Itzhak Rabin's assassination

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Pages 742-757 | Received 24 Mar 2011, Accepted 10 Jun 2012, Published online: 09 Aug 2012

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