Nonverbal conjunction errors in recognition memory: Support for familiarity but not for feature bundling

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-155

  Jones, Todd C ^a   Bartlett, James C ^b   Wade, Kimberley A ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Configurations; Conjunction effect; Conjunction errors; Face memory; Familiarity; Features; Memory; Parent proximity effects; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646757864     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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