Chronic and temporary aggression causes hostile false memories for ambiguous information

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-49

  Takarangi, Melanie K T ^a   Polaschek, Devon L L ^a   Hignett, Andrew ^a   Garry, Maryanne ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; VIOLENCE; WORD LIST RECALL;

EID: 38449112910     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1327     Document Type: Article

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