The false fame illusion in people with memories about a previous life

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 162-169

  Peters, Maarten J V ^a   Horselenberg, Robert ^a   Jelicic, Marko ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

False fame; False memory; Memory; Personality characteristics; Plausibility; Previous life; Source monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ERROR; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LIFE; MALE; MEMORY; PUBLIC FIGURE; RECOGNITION; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION;

EID: 33845284834     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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