False memory for categorized pictures and words: The category associates procedure for studying memory errors in children and adults

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 120-146

  Seamon, John G ^a   Luo, Chun R ^a   Schlegel, Sarah E ^a   Greene, Sara E ^a   Goldenberg, Audrey B ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Category associates; False memory; Memory and age

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001262025     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1999.2676     Document Type: Article

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