False memory in a short-term memory task

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-70

  Coane, Jennifer H ^a   McBride, Dawn M ^b   Raulerson III, Bascom A ^b   Jordan, J Scott ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; Reaction time; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; LEARNING; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SUGGESTION;

HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; REPRESSION; SEMANTICS; SUGGESTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33847325250     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.54.1.62     Document Type: Article

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