Providing information about diagnostic features at retrieval reduces false recognition

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 836-851

  Lane, Sean M ^a   Roussel, Cristine C ^a   Starns, Jeffrey J ^a   Villa, Diane ^b   Alonzo, Jill D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; Metamemory; Retrieval processes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349133418     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802337734     Document Type: Article

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