Rumor mongering and remembering: How rumors originating in children's inferences can affect memory

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-155

  Principe, Gabrielle F ^a   Guiliano, Stephanie ^a   Root, Courtney ^a  

^a URSINUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Eyewitness testimony; Inference; Memory; Rumor; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; SUGGESTION;

ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUGGESTION;

EID: 38649126895     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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