Sensitivity Reductions in False Recognition: A Measure of False Memories with Stronger Theoretical Implications

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 747-759

  Westerberg, Carmen E ^a,b   Marsolek, Chad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REPRESSION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0142104940     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.5.747     Document Type: Article

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