The persistence of false memories in list recall

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-230

  McDermott, Kathleen B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030115621     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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