Habitual acceptance of misinformation: Examination of individual differences and source attributions

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-417

  Cann, David R ^a   Katz, Albert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DYSPHORIA; ERROR; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HABIT; MEMORY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 26944456410     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193059     Document Type: Article

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