Children's false memories: Easier to elicit for a negative than for a neutral event

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 350-354

  Otgaar, Henry ^a   Candel, Ingrid ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; False memories; Fuzzy trace theory; Valence

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISION;

AFFECT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44549086569     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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