Does test-induced priming play a role in the creation of false memories?

Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-55

  Marsh, Elizabeth J ^a,b   McDermott, Kathleen B ^a   Roediger III, Henry L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MEMORY; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECALL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CUES; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0942266308     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210244000405     Document Type: Review

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