The effects of prevalence and script information on plausibility, belief, and memory of autobiographical events

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1049-1064

  Scoboria, Alan ^a   Mazzoni, Giuliana ^b   Kirsch, Irving ^b   Jimenez, Sherlyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 33845670763     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1240     Document Type: Article

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