Misremembering pictured objects: People of all ages demonstrate the boundary extension illusion

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-167

  Seamon, John G ^a   Schlegel, Sarah E ^b   Hiester, Peter M ^b   Landau, Susan M ^b   Blumenthal, Brianne F ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EIDETIC IMAGERY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036617628     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423432     Document Type: Article

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