Remembering words not presented in sentences: How study context changes patterns of false memories

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-64

  Matzen, Laura E ^a,b   Benjamin, Aaron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SUGGESTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION; SEMANTICS; SUGGESTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649125836     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.1.52     Document Type: Article

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