Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-366

  Loftus, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMORY; REPRESSION;

EID: 23744433916     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.94705     Document Type: Review

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