Trauma and memory: Effects of post-event misinformation, retrieval order, and retention interval

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-75

  Paz Alonso, Pedro M ^a   Goodman, Gail S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FILM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NARRATIVE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUGGESTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37749017721     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210701363146     Document Type: Article

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