What's in a name for memory errors? implications and ethical issues arising from the use of the term "False memory" for errors in memory for details

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-233

  DePrince, Anne P ^a   Allard, Carolyn B ^b   Oh, Hannah ^c   Freyd, Jennifer J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Cognition; Ethics; False memory; Memory errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844260693     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb1403_1     Document Type: Article

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