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Part III - How Deviating Autobiographical Memories Shape the Life Story

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2025

Christin Camia
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Zayed University Abu Dhabi
Annette Bohn
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Aarhus University
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Autobiographical Memory and the Life Story
New Perspectives on Narrative Identity
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