The influence of theme identifiability on false memories: Evidence for age-dependent opposite effects

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-129

  Carneiro, Paula ^a   Fernandez, Angel ^b   Dias, Ana Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CHILD; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEME IDENTIFIABILITY; WORD LIST RECALL; AGING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; LEARNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; REPRESSION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549126814     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.2.115     Document Type: Article

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