The role of free choice in memory for past decisions

Memory

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1001-1011

  Stoll Benney, Kristen ^a   Henkel, Linda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECALL; RECALL BIAS; RECOGNITION; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33750608863     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210601046163     Document Type: Article

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