False Recall and False Memory: The Effects of Instructions on Memory Errors

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-79

  Newstead, Beth A ^a,c   Newstead, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006157762     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199802)12:1<67::AID-ACP492>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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