The role of inhibitory control in the production of misinformation effects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 964-979

  MacLeod, Malcolm D ^a   Saunders, Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Misinformation; Retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 27944472611     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.964     Document Type: Review

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