The roles of spreading activation and retrieval mode in producing false recognition in the DRM paradigm

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-320

  Meade, Michelle L ^a   Watson, Jason M ^b   Balota, David A ^c   Roediger III, Henry L ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DRM; False memory; Lexical decision; Spreading activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847193888     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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