Misinformation effects in recall: Creating false memories through repeated retrieval

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 300-318

  Roediger III, Henry L ^a   Jacoby, J Derek ^b   McDermott, Kathleen B ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030119298     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.0017     Document Type: Article

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