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‘Tell me about the time you remember the best’: the effect of a remember best prompt on adults’ reports of a repeated emotionally stressful event

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Pages 437-463 | Received 26 Mar 2021, Accepted 13 Oct 2021, Published online: 22 Jan 2022

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