Psychotropic placebos reduce the misinformation effect by increasing monitoring at test

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 410-419

  Parker, Sophie ^a   Garry, Maryanne ^a   Engle, Randall ^b   Harper, David ^a   Clifasefi, Seema L ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; R 273;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MONITORING; NARRATIVE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SOURCE MONITORING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUGGESTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42549151026     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210801956922     Document Type: Article

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