Script knowledge modulates retrieval-induced forgetting for eyewitness events

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-103

  Garcia Bajos, Elvira ^a   Migueles, Malen ^a   Anderson, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyewitness memory; Retrieval induced forgetting (RIF); Script knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RETRIEVAL INDUCED FORGETTING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIME; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149380013     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802572454     Document Type: Article

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