Retrieval inhibition and memory distortion: Negative consequences of an adaptive process

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-30

  MacLeod, Malcolm D ^a   Saunders, Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyewitnessing; Misinformation effect; Retrieval inhibition; Retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849143828     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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