Mental reinstatement of the misinformation context and the misinformation effect in children and adults

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-493

  Roebers, Claudia M ^a,b   McConkey, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0042548174     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.886     Document Type: Article

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