When Unfamiliarity Matters: Changing Environmental Context between Study and Test Affects Recognition Memory for Unfamiliar Stimuli

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 488-499

  Russo, Riccardo ^a   Ward, Geoff ^a   Geurts, Hilde ^b   Scheres, Anouk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033444490     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.25.2.488     Document Type: Article

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