The false memory and the mirror effects: The role of familiarity and backward association in creating false recollections

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-102

  Anaki, David ^a,b   Faran, Yifat ^b   Ben Shalom, Dorit ^b   Henik, Avishai ^b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Backward association; False memory; Familiarity; Mirror effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144271524     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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