Assessing the accuracy of conflicting autobiographical memories

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1233-1244

  Ross, Michael ^a   Buehler, Roger ^b   Karr, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL;

EID: 0031737673     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03201197     Document Type: Article

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