The Effects of Environmental Context on Recognition Memory and Claims of Remembering

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1412-1429

  Hockley, William E ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

environmental context; episodic memory; familiarity; recognition; recollection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 56449117838     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013016     Document Type: Article

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