The face you recognize may not be the one you saw: Memory conjunction errors in individuals with or without learning disability

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-186

  Danielsson, Henrik ^a,b   Rönnberg, Jerker ^a,b   Leven, Anna ^a,b   Andersson, Jan ^c   Andersson, Karin ^a,b   Lyxell, Björn ^a,b  

^a Linköping University   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Learning disability; Memory conjunction errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33646682631     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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