An item gains and losses analysis of false memories suggests critical items receive more item-specific processing than list items

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-289

  Burns, Daniel J ^a,b   Martens, Nicholas J ^a   Bertoni, Alicia A ^a   Sweeney, Emily J ^a   Lividini, Michelle D ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative recall; False memories; Item gains and losses; Item specific processing; Relational processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRESSION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645734507     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.2.277     Document Type: Article

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