Repeated exposure to suggestion and false memory: The role of contextual variability

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 246-260

  Mitchell, Karen J ^a   Zaragoza, Maria S ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030115623     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.0014     Document Type: Article

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