Recall Accuracy and Illusory Memories: When More is Less

Memory

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-256

  Toglia, Michael P ^a   Neuschatz, Jeffrey S ^b   Goodwin, Kerri A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY at Cortland ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL;

HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0033085199     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/741944069     Document Type: Article

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