Eliciting and comparing false and recovered memories: An experimental approach

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-279

  Smith, Steven M ^a   Gleaves, David H ^a   Pierce, Benton H ^a   Williams, Tara L ^a   Gilliland, Todd R ^a   Gerkens, David R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; LATENT PERIOD; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 2942621998     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.866     Document Type: Article

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