The effects of emotional content and aging on false memories

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a   Corkin, Suzanne ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

EID: 2942715046     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.4.1.1     Document Type: Article

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