Development of the false-memory illusion

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 962-979

  Brainerd, C J ^a   Forrest, T J ^b   Karibian, D ^b   Reyna, V F ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; False memory development; Fuzzy trace theory; Gist memory; Learning disabled children; Normal children; Verbatim memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APTITUDE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; REPRESSION; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33748802511     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.5.962     Document Type: Review

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