A photo, a suggestion, a false memory

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 587-603

  Strange, Deryn ^a   Hayne, Harlene ^b   Garry, Maryanne ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 48249086894     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1390     Document Type: Article

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