When does modality matter? Perceptual versus conceptual fluency-based illusions in recognition memory

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1080-1094

  Miller, Jeremy K ^a   Lloyd, Marianne E ^b   Westerman, Deanne L ^c  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluency heuristic; Perceptual fluency; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149164597     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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