Manipulating power can affect memory conformity

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-216

  Skagerberg, Elin M ^a   Wright, Daniel B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION;

EID: 39749101711     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1353     Document Type: Article

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