I still think it was a banana: Memorable 'lies' and forgettable 'truths'

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-308

  Allan, Kevin ^a   Gabbert, Fiona ^b  

^a College of Life Sciences and Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformity; Memory; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; SUGGESTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS; SUGGESTION;

EID: 38149127113     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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