Individual differences in susceptibility to false memory in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-85

  Watson, Jason M ^a   Poole, Bradley J ^b   Bunting, Michael F ^c   Conway, Andrew R A ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HABIT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICS; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; HABITS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; REPRESSION; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 12444323522     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.1.76     Document Type: Article

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