The impact of post-event information on study-related memories: An exploration of the roles of judgemental anchoring, specific expectations about change, and motivational influences

Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-92

  Sedlmeier, Peter ^a   Jaeger, Sonia ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CHANGE THEORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL BIAS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34250713395     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210601087068     Document Type: Article

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