Are self reports of memory failure accurate?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 821-841

  Herrmann, Douglas ^a   Sheets, Virgil ^a   Gruneberg, Michael ^a   Torres, Rebecca ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 28644440890     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1125     Document Type: Article

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