Generative Processing and False Memories: When there Is No Cost

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 511-523

  Soraci, Sal A ^a,b   Carlin, Michael T ^b   Toglia, Michael P ^d   Chechile, Richard A ^a   Neuschatz, Jeffrey S ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; RECOGNITION; VISION;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141753007     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.4.511     Document Type: Review

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