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Expert Witnesses, Dissociative Amnesia, and Extraordinary Remembering: Response to Brand et al.

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  1. School of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive # 5025, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA

    Lawrence Patihis

  2. Forensic Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Henry Otgaar & Harald Merckelbach

  3. Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Law, Leuven, Belgium

    Henry Otgaar

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Patihis, L., Otgaar, H. & Merckelbach, H. Expert Witnesses, Dissociative Amnesia, and Extraordinary Remembering: Response to Brand et al.. Psychol. Inj. and Law 12, 281–285 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-019-09348-8

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