Metamnemonic control over the discriminability of memory evidence: A signal detection analysis of warning effects in the associative list paradigm

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 592-607

  Starns, Jeffrey J ^a   Lane, Sean M ^a   Alonzo, Jill D ^a   Roussel, Cristine C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; Signal detection theory; Warning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947544649     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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