The phenomenology of false memories: Episodic content and confidence

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1026-1040

  Holmes, Jonathan B ^a   Waters, Harriet Salatas ^a   Rajaram, Suparna ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; REPRESSION; STUDENTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0032116823     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.24.4.1026     Document Type: Article

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