Visual distinctiveness and the development of children's false memories

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-79

  Howe, Mark L ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COLOR VISION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEMANTICS; VISUAL ILLUSION;

AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REPRESSION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 38849171684     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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