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Event self-importance, event rehearsal, and the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory

Timothy D. Ritchie Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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John J. Skowronski Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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Sarah E. Wood Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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W. Richard Walker Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Rodney J. Vogl Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Jeffrey A. Gibbons Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia, USA
Pages 172-195 | Received 09 Mar 2005, Accepted 24 Jan 2006, Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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