Imagination inflation: Imagining a childhood event inflates confidence that it occurred

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-214

  Garry, Maryanne ^a,c   Manning, Charles G ^a   Loftus, Elizabeth F ^a   Sherman, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0000954206     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212420     Document Type: Article

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