Photographs can distort memory for the news

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 995-1004

  Garry, Maryanne ^a   Strange, Deryn ^a   Bernstein, Daniel M ^b,c   Kinzett, Toni ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HURRICANE; INFORMATION; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL;

EID: 37349108167     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1362     Document Type: Article

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