Can false memories be corrected by feedback in the DRM paradigm?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 999-1006

  McConnell, Melissa D ^a   Hunt, R Reed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; ERROR; FALSE MEMORY; HUMAN; PERSEVERATION; RECALL; STUDENT;

EID: 34548636988     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193472     Document Type: Article

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