Are young children susceptible to the false-memory illusion?

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1363-1377

  Brainerd, C J ^a   Reyna, V F ^a   Forrest, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036728878     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00477     Document Type: Article

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