Falsely recalled items are rich in item-specific information

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1630-1640

  Burns, Daniel J ^a   Jenkins, Carin L ^a   Dean, Erica E ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FALSE MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL;

EID: 36148982988     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193497     Document Type: Article

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